Steve's right about one thing: Stewart has "ambushed" guests many times before. But it's usually when the guest has repeatedly told outright lies or something like that. Stewart asks the guest about the lies and then when the guest denies it, Stewart plays a half-dozen video clips of the guest saying what he's just denied saying.
But that's just during the normal five minute interview and usually reserved for the most egregious of hypocrites. They don't happen that often and that's probably why you've missed them until now. I don't recall there ever being an entire show devoted to frying a guest!
I have no clue as to who Cramer is or why NBC would toss him into the lion's den but the word "figurehead" kept cropping up in the posts above and I think that betrays why people are so polarized on this issue.
Cramer is a symbol of the attitude of our "corporate masters". If Stewart had stabbed him to death there are millions who would have cheered him on. The guy may well be a basically good person but he's identified with people like the guys at AIG who are paying themselves millions of dollars in bonuses while their company loses billions of taxpayer dollars as they throw people out of their homes.
If you're looking to see fairness and level-headed discussion while "corporate jets full of hookers are flying over the ashes of the Middle Class"*, you're going to be disappointed more often than not. In fact, you might want to stop watching "light" news shows altogether because it's only going to get uglier.
------- * I'm quoting some guy that was on Marketplace last week... I only wish I could take credit for that phrase.
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Steve's right about one thing: Stewart has "ambushed" guests many times before. But it's usually when the guest has repeatedly told outright lies or something like that. Stewart asks the guest about the lies and then when the guest denies it, Stewart plays a half-dozen video clips of the guest saying what he's just denied saying.
But that's just during the normal five minute interview and usually reserved for the most egregious of hypocrites. They don't happen that often and that's probably why you've missed them until now. I don't recall there ever being an entire show devoted to frying a guest!
I have no clue as to who Cramer is or why NBC would toss him into the lion's den but the word "figurehead" kept cropping up in the posts above and I think that betrays why people are so polarized on this issue.
Cramer is a symbol of the attitude of our "corporate masters". If Stewart had stabbed him to death there are millions who would have cheered him on. The guy may well be a basically good person but he's identified with people like the guys at AIG who are paying themselves millions of dollars in bonuses while their company loses billions of taxpayer dollars as they throw people out of their homes.
If you're looking to see fairness and level-headed discussion while "corporate jets full of hookers are flying over the ashes of the Middle Class"*, you're going to be disappointed more often than not. In fact, you might want to stop watching "light" news shows altogether because it's only going to get uglier.
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* I'm quoting some guy that was on Marketplace last week... I only wish I could take credit for that phrase.