Friday, March 13, 2009

Filling the Media Void: Jon Stewart Takes off the Comedy Gloves and Speaks the Truth to Business Reporters

I cannot remember a seeing Jon Stewart at a stronger moment than during this set of serious comments to CNBC's Jim Cramer:



Indeed. If the media would hold up its end of the probe-and-investigate deal instead of promoting power and money cartels or building personal friendships with executives, then comedians could go back to comedy rather than having to be government watchdogs.


UPDATE: MSNBC is deliberately ignoring the water-cooler subject du jour.

2 comments:

  1. "There's a market for cocaine and hookers, too..."

    Pretty freakin' brilliant.

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  2. like it or not, by investing in these companies and condoning or ignoring their practices, puts us on the hook, more than a cnbc personality

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