John Oliver Savages Zimmerman Media Coverage: ‘Be Better At Doing Your F*cking Job!’

The now-viral clip of George Zimmerman attorney Don West telling a knock-knock joke was a lot more painfully awkward than it was funny. Luckily, John Oliver was on hand to extract every bit of humor from the situation, from all the legalese an attorney has to preface any and all jokes with, to the fact that his commitment to the joke “makes two people in that courtroom who have stood their ground after doing something awful.”

Oliver looked seriously shocked that West actually began his opening statements with a joke, saying “that’s how Kanye lost the title for Worst Thing Ever Said To A Crowded Room By Someone With The Last Name West.” As a comedian himself, Oliver acknowledged a simple truth: “We’ve all bombed before, just not with someone’s life at stake.”

But even though West “set the bar so low,” the media found a way to go even lower, with reporters on HLN actually recreating what may have happened between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. Oliver shut them down with a joke of his own.

“Knock-knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you supposed to be better at doing your fucking job than this?”

Watch the video below, courtesy of Comedy Central:

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