{"id":6984,"date":"2009-03-13T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T21:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2009-03-13T16:40:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T23:40:48","slug":"video-jon-stewart-almost-makes-cnbcs-jim-cramer-cry-its-not-a-fing-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6984","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO – Jon Stewart Almost Makes CNBC’s Jim Cramer Cry: ‘It’s Not a F***ing Game!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was the most remarkable, and enlightening conversation I’ve seen on television in lord knows how long. Probably since Stewart’s last landmark take-down<\/a> of corporate broadcast media failure in 2004. The conversation here with CNBC’s Jim Cramer — unprecedented over three segments of last night’s The Daily Show<\/i> — was simply remarkable.<\/p>\n

Please<\/i> take the time to watch this in full<\/b>, and wonder again why it is that it’s a “comic” on a satirical news show who has become America’s most out-spoken, most articulate leader on these crucial issues of survival<\/i> for our nation…<\/p>\n

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My take-way, though it was never spoken to directly, is that business news and business journalism — right now<\/i> more than ever — must<\/i> be about real<\/i> reporting, and real<\/i> accountability on behalf of the people<\/i>, as opposed to simply cheerleading on behalf of the business community, as it has been for so long now<\/p>\n

Stewart is also owed a great thanks here, in that I believe this may be (or should be) a landmark<\/i> moment in discussion of this issue. Just as his remarkable October 2004 take-down<\/a> of Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala on CNN’s Crossfire<\/i> (taken out of our misery shortly thereafter), essentially for the same reason — using valuable broadcast time to perpetuate blood-sport and\/or cheerleading, instead of actual news reporting<\/i> in the public’s interest — I hope his no-holds-barred conversation with Cramer will lead to a similar re-thinking of the role of broadcast business journalism.<\/p>\n

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Stewart’s similarly stunning October 15th, 2004 appearance on CNN’s <\/i>Crossfire is re-posted below for your convenience, the video, and highlights from the text transcript were originally posted here<\/a>…<\/i><\/p>\n

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