I have to admit, I'm not a diligent view of The Daily Show. I enjoyed it when I happened to catch it, but never Tivo'd it or anything. Jon Stewart is clever and disarming. Incredibly smart. The dead-serious part bugs me, though. Oddly unprofessional. You become a fan of something because you like something about it and have certain expectations. The inability to separate one's personal feelings from your job is unprofessional in any endeavor.
If I'm a regular at a restaurant, it's because I enjoy their food and service. If this place gave me food poisoning or a member of the staff was rude or worse, I might still go back, but probably not as regularly nor enjoy myself quite as much. I watch the Daily Show for biting satire and a few laughs; that I could be subjected to such a hazing makes me far less interested in the show.
Santelli is a very highly respected commodities reporter. I think he knew that he'd be way out of his element on the show. He's not an entertainer, he's a reporter. His remarks were the result of frustration about the actions of the government. Like many things taken out of context, the reaction against them grew far out of proportion to their importance in the greater scheme. CNBC pimped it because of it's notoriety-- maybe not a good idea in retrospect.
Cramer-- like many of us-- didn't expect the reception he got. As he came on the show, he clearly showed that he expected to banter about the markets, be mocked and shake hands. Instead, he got kicked in the balls for starters, and things went downhill from there. I also feel it was unfair for Stewart to criticize him for being so unprepared: when you don't expect an ambush, you don't prepare for war.
Cramer's getting some props for showing up, but Stewart is getting far too many props for being a hard-hitting journalist, brave, etc. when I feel his scheme was more cowardly and the actions of a bully than anything noble. Stewart's singling out CNBC/NBC for this is also unfair, considering the feds, other news/finance sources saw nothing of this coming. To a large extant, any reporter has to rely on the word of others (including CEO's). They just don't have access to the books, let alone the skeletons in the closet.
CNBC/NBC considers the whole thing an unmitigated disaster.
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Date: 2009-03-14 11:15 pm (UTC)If I'm a regular at a restaurant, it's because I enjoy their food and service. If this place gave me food poisoning or a member of the staff was rude or worse, I might still go back, but probably not as regularly nor enjoy myself quite as much. I watch the Daily Show for biting satire and a few laughs; that I could be subjected to such a hazing makes me far less interested in the show.
Santelli is a very highly respected commodities reporter. I think he knew that he'd be way out of his element on the show. He's not an entertainer, he's a reporter. His remarks were the result of frustration about the actions of the government. Like many things taken out of context, the reaction against them grew far out of proportion to their importance in the greater scheme. CNBC pimped it because of it's notoriety-- maybe not a good idea in retrospect.
Cramer-- like many of us-- didn't expect the reception he got. As he came on the show, he clearly showed that he expected to banter about the markets, be mocked and shake hands. Instead, he got kicked in the balls for starters, and things went downhill from there. I also feel it was unfair for Stewart to criticize him for being so unprepared: when you don't expect an ambush, you don't prepare for war.
Cramer's getting some props for showing up, but Stewart is getting far too many props for being a hard-hitting journalist, brave, etc. when I feel his scheme was more cowardly and the actions of a bully than anything noble. Stewart's singling out CNBC/NBC for this is also unfair, considering the feds, other news/finance sources saw nothing of this coming. To a large extant, any reporter has to rely on the word of others (including CEO's). They just don't have access to the books, let alone the skeletons in the closet.
CNBC/NBC considers the whole thing an unmitigated disaster.