John Oliver on Debt Collection

[gunnarthor]

Oliver is (IMHO) better than Stewart and Colbert were at their peaks.  

 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/06/technology/john-oliver-medical-debt/index.html

[Shane Wahl]

 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/06/technology/john-oliver-medical-debt/index.html 

 

Oliver is (IMHO) better than Stewart and Colbert were at their peaks.  

 

That is correct.

[Shane Wahl]

I actually didn't see the story until posting.

OH MY GOD THAT IS CORRECT.

 

I am amazed by this heroic action (and it is). I know Occupy was doing that with student loans, but I think such collections have to spend much more to get the debt. $60,000 to relieve $15 million?!?!

[Mike Sixel]

Interesting.....why don't more criminals do this, and then commit fraud?

[TheLeviathan]

Yeah, Oliver is nothing short of revolutionary.  If you aren't watching him, you should start.

[ashbury]

Oliver, Stewart and Colbert straddle a very strange but brilliant line between social satire and performance art, not simply comedy.

[Craig Arko]

 

Oliver, Stewart and Colbert straddle a very strange but brilliant line between social satire and performance art, not simply comedy.

Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and Bernard Shaw come to mind.

[biggentleben]

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[ashbury]

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/06/technology/john-oliver-medical-debt/index.html

 

Better?

[Badsmerf]

Brilliant.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Holy crap.  I'm going to have to start watching him more.  Don't really watch HBO's political stuff, but this might change that.

 

On that note, an interesting debt relief concept might be to fund an organization that does just that.  Wonder how that would work. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Holy crap.  I'm going to have to start watching him more.  Don't really watch HBO's political stuff, but this might change that.

Last Week Tonight is probably the best takedown show on television right now. It doesn't matter whether you're conservative or liberal, Oliver attacks real issues and points out the damaging effects they have on Americans. It's the stuff no one else is talking about most of the time (for-profit universities, drone strikes, debt collection, payday loans, TV evangelism... the list goes on).

[TheLeviathan]

Oliver clearly leans a little left, but it's hard not to in today's world.  But he hasn't been shy about taking on anyone of any political persuasion.  He's fearless, biting, and his staff clearly does their research.

 

His show is appointment television for me and I can count the shows that have that distinction on one hand.

[Badsmerf]

It's only "common" to lean left because of the zealot social conservatism the gop has adopted in the last 10 years. Many progressive ideas are going to be a lot less partisan inn 20 years.

[kab21]

This is what is missing from the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Trevor mostly goes after soft targets that everyone knows about. I enjoy the Trump jokes or things that Trevor points out but they are mostly known. I actually learn about new topics when I watch Oliver.