For those of you who missed Jon Stewart’s lambasting of CNBC on The Daily Show last week, his interview with Jim Cramer (host of Mad Money, http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838459) last Thursday is compelling TV:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220533
As usual, Stewart employs comedy to great effect. In addition, however, he confronts Cramer with an honesty and directness that you rarely see on current affairs TV in the U.S. Stewart articulates succinctly the behavior of Wall Street that got us into this mess, but also skewers Cramer (and CNBC) for becoming part of the problem, rather than being the journalists they purport to be. As a result, the interview is both entertaining and uncomfortable to watch because Stewart so completely undermines what it is that must get Cramer out of bed every morning to do his show.
Take care
Dave
Bill Werther & David Chandler
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
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