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Jon Stewart on the Union Demonstrations in Wisconsin
As Jon Stewart pointed out on last night's Daily Show, TV pundits have been comparing the protests in Madison, Wisconsin to everything from the demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt to 9/11. Of course, none of those are even remotely apt. Anyone with an ounce of historical perspective can see the situation in Madison is more like a cross between the assassination of William McKinley and the great Chicago fire with a dash of the divorce of Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson thrown in. Duh.
More coverage of the union protests from The Daily Show and Colbert Report can be found below.
The Daily Show and Colbert Report air Monday through Thursday starting at 11/10c.
Tags: 9/11, Ed Schultz, Fox, Jon Stewart, MSNBC, Paul Ryan, Protesters, Rick Santelli, Sean Hannity, Stephen Colbert, Tea Party, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Unions, Video, Wisconsin -
Looking Back John Stewart's Interview with Jim Cramer
Well, at this point everyone's seen or at least heard from those who saw Jim Cramer on The Daily Show last week. The interview capped off a week-long feud between Cramer and host Jon Stewart. Overall, Stewart took the Mad Money host, and the show's network, CNBC, to task for its failure to warn investors of the inevitable financial crisis. Cramer countered some of Stewart's rhetorical indictments and damning video footage with his own debate tactic: repeated apologies and seeming contrition.But while you may have formed your own opinions about the show's content, how do you really know what you saw until you find out what everyone else is saying? I mean, if Jon Stewart and The Daily Show have taught us anything, it's the importance of buying into public perceptions of reported discourse, right?
With that in mind, I was asked to plough through the oodles of Indecision comments as well as the media at large to find out what really happened. My findings were intensely varied, but one thing became clear: many Daily Show viewers, inexplicably, do not understand how to spell Jon Stewart. (I counted over 100 spellings of "John.")
The comments pretty much broke down like this…
The overwhelming majority lauded Jon for his efforts, calling him everything from "smart" to a "patriot" to a "real journalist." Most felt Stewart had the courage, intelligence, and eloquence to say what should have been said by journalists and regulators years ago, and although this article provides a sampling of voices, that overall take should not be lost. Rather than fill this article with all the praise Stewart received, I thought I'd boil them all down to one fictitious comment…
EDWARD R. MURROW HAD SEX WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WHO GAVE BIRTH TO JON STEWART WHO THEN WENT ON TO SAVE OUR NATION.
That pretty much sums up the praise in one perfect sex-based sentence.
Tags: CNBC, Economy, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, Rick Santelli, The Daily Show -
Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: The Extended Daily Show Interview
Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe last night. It was just like Ali-Foreman, only with more head trauma. But you didn't see everything. Much of the interview had to be cut for time. But this is the internet, where all we have is time. So, here now, is the exclusive, uncensored, complete three-part interview.
What do you think? Did Jon annihilate Cramer or simply destroy him?
Update 10:50 a.m.: For more on how this interview came to be, check out The Daily Show and Colbert's best Jim Cramer moments, and some other stuff about Jim Cramer here.
Update 12:20 p.m.: Dig this? Digg this.
Tags: CNBC, Jim Cramer, Rick Santelli, The Daily Show -
Jon Stewart Sticks His Shoe Up CNBC's Memory Hole
CNBC's Rick Santelli is mad — mad, I say! — at all the evil-intentioned people who greedily bought things with their money while following the advice of media outlets, like, um, what's the station? CNB-something.
Why does Jon Stewart always have to go and ruin all the self-righteous indignation by reminding people that there's such a thing as yesterday?
Tags: CNBC, Economy, Jon Stewart, Rick Santelli, The Daily Show
