
SLAPP Suits
After winning a legal battle over his episode Coal (2017) involving a Trump-allied coal executive and John's giant squirrel, John Oliver explains how 'SLAPP suits' like this one are designed to stifle public dissent.
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"Despite the fact that we are living in a seemingly civilized and democratic world, the rich and the powerful still has their tyrannical ways to oppress people and even ruin their lives, just like in the old times. And these ways are protected by the law. Americans often speak of freedom, but ironically they lock up more people, their own, in jails than anywhere else in the world and that is not just by sheer numbers, but also per capita. These people are not all murderers, thieves, etc. People are locked up for even minor crimes or weed, which is legal in some countries and now, even some part..."
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The episode won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming - Eat Shit, Bob and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series.
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After winning a legal battle over his episode Coal (2017) involving a Trump-allied coal executive and John's giant squirrel, John Oliver explains how 'SLAPP suits' like this one are designed to stifle public dissent.