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04-11-2016, 05:36 PM
John Oliver explains why credit reporting companies suck (and makes three of his own)
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Credit reporting companies are the bane of everyone's existence, so John Oliver thought it was time to turn the tables on them.
Last Week Tonight's show on Sunday took on the dicey subject of credit reporting. Oliver pointed out that nearly one quarter of reports have errors in them, and even companies like TransUnion, Experian and Equifax admit that these reports have ** correlation on a person's likelihood to commit fraud.
Since these companies do very little to help people who have had their identities stolen, Last Week Tonight took the liberty of creating three equally despicable companies with similar names. Surely they won't mind. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/john-oliver-credit-reports/)
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Credit reporting companies are the bane of everyone's existence, so John Oliver thought it was time to turn the tables on them.
Last Week Tonight's show on Sunday took on the dicey subject of credit reporting. Oliver pointed out that nearly one quarter of reports have errors in them, and even companies like TransUnion, Experian and Equifax admit that these reports have ** correlation on a person's likelihood to commit fraud.
Since these companies do very little to help people who have had their identities stolen, Last Week Tonight took the liberty of creating three equally despicable companies with similar names. Surely they won't mind. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/john-oliver-credit-reports/)
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