The title of this post focuses on one aspect of the episode in a way that has badly skewed our discussion. The point of the episode is not John Oliver's Oprah

The title of this post focuses on one aspect of the episode in a way that has badly skewed our discussion. The point of the episode is not John Oliver's Oprah stunt, but rather how the debt collection industry works. [The original title is/was: "John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on 'Last Week Tonight'"]