Stephen Colbert on HSBC
January 17th, 2013
Satirist Stephen Colbert dismantled HSBC on his show last night. He criticizes both HSBC for helping to launder tremendous amounts of drug money, helping to finance murder, and the U.S. government for treating them as “Too Big to Jail.” Below are two videos: the first shows Colbert directly addressing HSBC, and the second is an interview with Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on the scandal.
Money quote: “”[HSBC was] slammed with a $1.9 billion fine. Do you know how long it would take HSBC to earn that back? Four weeks. You could do the Special K challenge twice!”
Second video below the fold: