Those in student loan debt
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Trivializing the Student Loan Debt Crisis: TruTV’s Game Show “Paid Off”
July 19, 2018
A Q&A with Alan Michael Collinge
Paid Off
TruTV premiered a new game show on July 17. On Paid Off, contestants answer trivia questions to win a prize that would be a dream come true for most of us who are dogged with higher education fees: their student loan debts are paid off! But is a game show really the best way to raise awareness about a financial crisis that continues to plague so many borrowers? Our blog editor Christian Coleman, who’s also addled with student loan debt, caught up with Alan Collinge, author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in US History—and How We Can Fight Back, to find out.
Christian Coleman: What do you think about this game show’s premise?
Alan Michael Collinge: First: Let's look at the facts.
TruTV rose to cable prominence airing shows including:
http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broa...an-debt-crisis-trutvs-game-show-paid-off.html
Trivializing the Student Loan Debt Crisis: TruTV’s Game Show “Paid Off”
July 19, 2018
A Q&A with Alan Michael Collinge
Paid Off
TruTV premiered a new game show on July 17. On Paid Off, contestants answer trivia questions to win a prize that would be a dream come true for most of us who are dogged with higher education fees: their student loan debts are paid off! But is a game show really the best way to raise awareness about a financial crisis that continues to plague so many borrowers? Our blog editor Christian Coleman, who’s also addled with student loan debt, caught up with Alan Collinge, author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in US History—and How We Can Fight Back, to find out.
Christian Coleman: What do you think about this game show’s premise?
Alan Michael Collinge: First: Let's look at the facts.
TruTV rose to cable prominence airing shows including:
- America’s Dumbest. This is a series which features videos of people doing very stupid things. This has expanded to include World’s Dumbest and also Dumbest Criminals. These shows all ridicule, humiliate, and degrade their subjects.
- Storage Wars. This show