The last time John Oliver asked his audience to do something, he broke the FCC’s website. On this week’sLast Week Tonight, he asked for another favor. It started with a hilarious, tragic, and trenchant16 minute and 16 second monologue about student debt, in which he called out for-profit colleges for taking advantage of its students. Oliver told his audience to send a letter to the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. He even gave thema running start:
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