Punchlines: More scorn for Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli, a former drug company CEO, was arrested Dec. 17 on securities fraud charges. He has denied wrongdoing and posted bail, but that didn’t stop late-night comics from cheering. Shkreli quickly became the target of public outrage over high drug prices in September. At the time, he was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and raised the price of a life-saving drug more than 5,000%. The outrageous price hike gave Seth Meyers fodder for some jokes. And Larry Wilmore took on the news that Shkreli bought a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million. What did they say? Watch Punchlines to find out.
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