The Huffington Post Responds To John Oliver’s Piñata-Fueled Rant

The Huffington Post responds to John Oliver's criticism of their exaggerated headlines.

The Huffington Post has upped the ante in response to the online video John Oliver posted on Sunday before his show’s two-week hiatus.

The host of “Last Week Tonight” threw down the gauntlet when he criticized the Huffington Post’s use of exaggerated headlines and then proceeded to literally “destroy” a piñata to show what “destroy” truly means.

The Huffington Post responded with a slew of headlines, which were part of an article titled:

Here are some of the headlines that the HuffPo created, which played into Oliver’s accusations:

h/t Mediaite