Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Credit Reports
Season 3, Episode 8 · Aired 2016-04-10
Synopsis
John first talks about the leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca called the Panama Papers which describe how earth's wealthiest evade taxes. Next up is Alabama governor Robert Bently's alleged ethics violations. John's main story is about credit scores and background checks in the U.S., the companies that create credit reports for citizens make a lot of mistakes ensuring said citizens having a hard time getting jobs, apartments and loans.
In the series
This episode is part of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO.
Longform late-night investigations — net neutrality explainers as comedy events.
Key cast
- John Oliver as Host