Yep, since it was revealed after it happened that Oprah didn’t really spend anything for the cars. They were donated by the manufacturer for publicity.
So if Oliver spent “less than $60,000”, that’s still more than Oprah spent on her giveaway. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [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 Oprah gave away cars? WaPo <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/06/john-oliver-just-made-talk-show-history-by-forgiving-nearly-15-million-worth-of-debt/?wpisrc=nl_az_most> (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com <mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
