Stewart And Cramer Go Head To Head

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I agree, the interview was hard to watch. But I have to hand it to Cramer. It took guts for him to come on the show, because he knew that Stewart was going to grill him. He seemed somewhat humble and agreeable to Stewart's arrogance and arguments. I still don't understand why Stewart chose to make Cramer the scapegoat for his frustration with CNBC? (Did his mother take some of Cramer's advice perhaps?) And what right does Stewart have to criticize Cramer for the personality and format of Cramer's show? (Stewart's show addresses serious issues in a silly format). Stewart has every reason to be angry about the financial crisis - we are all extremely angry - but I certainly don't blame it on Cramer and his network! Do I wish they had done a better job of reporting - absolutely, but I do not blame them. In the end, I think we could all agree that we need more honest investigative reporting from all of the networks! And I think Stewart should leave Jim Cramer alone.

Susie of TX 7:45PM March 13, 2009

Stewart is fast on his feat and devastating. Gotta be a masochist to take him on mano a mano in a talk joust. Perhaps Bill Buckley in his prime might have bested him, but of course Buckley was a serious debater and Stewart is a clown. A Don Rickles v. Jon Stewart joust might make a good heavyweight bout.
Stewart did a job on Tucker Carlson some time back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmj6JADOZ-8

Luther of IL 4:50PM March 13, 2009

It was hard to watch in general. Cramer was extremely humble and gave a lot to Stewart. Stewart asked some hard questions that should be directed at the CNBC executives. They opened the dialogue that general Americans can now take part in (the role of media, and our sheep-like reliance on it) - so a lot of good came from the interviews. At the end of it - they were both gracious and understood their roles. I would like to see other "commentators" have the guts to take account for what happened. I would also like to see actual journalists ask the hard questions of the powerful business people and politicians.

Sarah of NC 11:29AM March 13, 2009