Re: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Doug Eastick
There's been big discussion on reddit about what Oliver did. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016, 9:08 PM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Bob Jersey > > *>*In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples'

RE: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Jersey >In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples' debts... but is it really >better than when Oprah gave away cars? Debt Collective – whose Rolling Jubilee project was the basis of LWT’s latest

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Adam Bowie
Whether it was "better" depends on how you look at things. Oprah was probably more spectacular. But Oliver potentially changed many more lives - 9,000 v 276 audience members. And from what I can understand, Oliver didn't leave lots of audience members with large tax bills as a result of winning

RE: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Bradford Harvey
[mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Jersey Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:08 AM To: TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> Subject: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples' debts... but is it really better than when

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Adam Bowie
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples' debts... but is it > really better than when Oprah gave away cars? > > WaPo >

[TV orNotTV] Oliver's apparently record-breaking move

2016-06-07 Thread Bob Jersey
In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples' debts... but is it really better than when Oprah gave away cars? WaPo