K & R if you are loving Jon Stewart right now.

[jillan]

Yeah, I know everyone hates these K & R threads - but goshdangit -

JON STEWART DESERVES IT!:toast: :toast: :toast:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. When is it going to be online? nt

[jillan]

3. I think tomorrow.

On his site, he has all of the previous comments about Cramer and CNBC posted on the left hand side if you've missed any of them.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Oh phooey! I want to see it now! :( nt

[sledgehammer]

29. Link to unedited interview...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=221516&title=jim-cramer-interview-outtake

[Sarah Ibarruri]

76. I saw it. Jon Stewart is awesome! nt

[Common Sense Party]

2. I haven't seen it yet, and I'm sure Stewart does an admirable beatdown...

...but it almost seems like when the bullies/jerks in junior high would pick on the special education kids. It's too easy. What's so difficult about beating up on a buffoon and clown like Cramer? He's low-hanging fruit.

[jillan]

5. When you see it, you will understand. He doesn't just pick on him -

he questions Cramer in shame for not saying anything while the market was crumbling all around him.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. I don't think so. This is an a-h who boasts of being a Harvard grad....

... an a-h who pumped up all the a-hs that brought our financial system down. I hardly feel bad for that doughboy. He deserves it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. You're wrong

It's a brilliant, reserved, focused, disciplined, and impressive interview.

You might want to see the interview before you condemn Jon Stewart and what he did today. One of you ends up sounding like a buffoon, and it's not Stewart.................

[notadmblnd]

8. in all seriousness Jon laid Cramer out.

here's a thread with comments from the EST viewing

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5243625

[SmileyRose]

21. Have a hanky handy. I cried like a baby.

The song and dance man was exposed - as was the rest of the gamers.

[dem629]

41. Do NOT question or criticize Jon Stewart around here.

Some people will get very sad.

[fascisthunter]

46. you lost your argument in your own thread already

[Webster Green]

69. That is because he is a God..

Pleeze...Do NOT question or criticize Jon Stewart around here!

Thenk yew! :P

*Note lack of sarcasm thingie. I'm series! Jon is probably the best journalist on TeeVee. :thumbsup:

[walldude]

44. Cramer has a lifetime of market experience.. I think you have it backwards

I think Cramer is the bully and Jon was kicking his ass for the little guy. Did you see Cramers appearances on NBC? Or Scarborough's show where they were all beating on Jon? Or I shouold say attempting to beat on him.

No, Cramer is not some innocent "clown" he is a hack that helped sink the economy and cost people their pensions with his ill advise. I believe Jon characterized it right. He said what Cramer and people like him did is at best stupid and at worst criminal.

[moggie]

55. It's not really about Cramer

More than once in the interview, Stewart emphasised that he was not singling out Cramer, that his criticism is of media financial coverage as a whole. Cramer has made this about himself, but it was clear that Stewart doesn't see it quite that way.

[Dappleganger]

79. You shouldn't jump to conclusions before even watching the interview...

He doesn't 'beat him down' by a longshot. Stewart did his homework like a real journalist, with videos to back up every accusation. He didn't make it personal and it didn't seem to me that Cramer took it personally. From what I observed Stewart did the type of journalism which CNBC et al. should have been doing all along.

[Common Sense Party]

81. I finally saw it (didn't air in Denver 'til midnight!) and it was a beatdown.

It was a necessary one, but I'm not sure why it's Stewart's role to do the beatdown. I guess no one else will. Cramer is an idiot without any professional ethics, apparently, but it also seems that Stewart wants CNBC to be something completely different from what it has always been.

[TBF]

84. So you are going to actually complain because we finally have someone

acting like a real journalist? It's about fucking time. Embarrassing that it has to be Jon Stewart doing it. Think about that. Is it not absolutely ridiculous that the only guy we can even half-way trust in the media is the "fake news guy" on Comedy Central?

[Common Sense Party]

92. Yes, I am going to complain, because Stewart always says he

shouldn't be taken seriously, that he's just a comedian. I'm going to complain that no serious "news" source ever polices their own.

[Dappleganger]

99. The problem is that the 'real news' sources aren't policing themselves...

and apparently it takes a comedian to get everyone to see that.

Stewart made it clear he'd rather the real news guys do that and he stick with comedy, btw. Thank goodness he was decent enough to stand up and call it for the scheming that it is.

[TBF]

108. That's exactly the point Stewart made. I'm sorry you are complaining because he called them out.

I don't think you fully understood his routine. Maybe try watching again.

[AllyCat]

105. No. Stewart wants CNBC to do its job. Report the FINANCE NEWS

and if they are going to say they are "experts", they should behave as such, not try to help Wall St. bilk us out of our savings. I think you need to watch it again. You've not gotten the message. They are liars and accomplices to the crime masquerading as financial professionals to help out the common man or whoever their audience happens to be.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

9. What I'm loving

is all this attention to Jon Stewart undermines pathetic Limbaugh.

[K8-EEE]

10. K&R

Jon Stewart is a hero.

[JDPriestly]

11. Thank you Jon Stewart.

[TheWatcher]

12. Jon Stewart did what the Fucking Bought And Paid For Media SHOULD have done

TEN YEARS AGO.

Kudos to you, Mr. Stewart.

[Triana]

23. the bought and paid for media "journalists" (ie: bobbing heads)

would get fired if they attempted to tell any truth about Wall St, the markets, and the bullshit ponzi schemes and shenanigans there.

[Ladyhawk]

13. I'm certainly impressed. He held Cramer's feet to the fire without...

...turning into a vicious asshole like, say, Limbaugh, Savage, Hannity, Coulter...

[Enthusiast]

17. Know why? Vicious assholes

use the frothing at the mouth, the yelling and acting aggressive to cover the fact that the facts are not on their side. It's a propaganda technique, and it works.

[brettdale]

14. In one interview

Stewart has shown all those jackasses at Faux and CNN what a real journalist is.

[readmoreoften]

15. K&R

[wroberts189]

16. kr

[Hissyspit]

18. Videos of the full segment HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=283376&mesg_id=283376

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=283377&mesg_id=283377

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=283378&mesg_id=283378

[malaise]

19. We watched last night

and I just watched this again.
Jon Stewart pwned GECNBC.

The truth he spoke about them is applicable to all of M$Greedia. For eight years they were cheer-leaders for all the evil associated with the Bush regime. Not once did they ask a tough question. Investigative journalism was absent for years. Bill Moyers always did his homework. Olbermann and then Rachel finally broke the mold at GEM$NBC.

[PA Democrat]

22. Thank you! I fell asleep before the show started. Darn daylight savings time is killing me.

Boy, I've always loved Jon Stewart, but last night's show went above and beyond what I'd hoped for. Jon is an expert at dismantling the BS that all of the "real" news commentators let these guys get away with. He is such a nice guy in the process that even the people he is dismembering can't really complain that he is being unfair or nasty.

[City Lights]

20. K&R for Jon Stewart!

:patriot:

[Laelth]

24. k&r for the truth and REAL journalism. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[nichomachus]

25. Jon Stewart for Treasury Secretary n/t

[gratefultobelib]

26. Absolutely. I was in awe.

[Martin Eden]

27. I wouldn't swap spit with him ...

... but yeah, I "love" the guy :hug:

[Chorophyll]

51. I would. Hee hee. :)

[sledgehammer]

28. Stewart 2016!!!! K&R! n/t

[classof56]

30. Major Kudos Jon! You are awesome!

For those who haven't, I highly recommend watching the full interview posted here. Jon ends with talking about the folly of the long-term investment meme, and the ill effects it had on his mother, among so many others.

I love Jon and Stephen. My life would be much less tolerable without them!

[PatSeg]

31. I was amazed

Though Stewart was never rude, he didn't pull any punches or make little jokes to lighten the mood. He was direct, informed, and much smarter than I would have ever given him credit for.

There were a few times when I almost felt sorry for Cramer. I thought he was going to cry. Why on earth did he ever agree to go on the show? He didn't come armed with any real defenses, apparently because he doesn't have any. I'm thinking his career is over.

[demmiblue]

32. Rock on Jon!

But, no, I will not recommend.

No offense, but recommended threads should be for those who have thoughtful commentary. And, yes, I am not one of those!

Anywho... go Jon!

[hangman86]

33. Love him! But it is kind of sad

when a comedian is a better job at journalism than most of our actual anchors.

[dana_b]

34. of course it is

but I'll take it right now.

woo hoo for Stewart!!!!!!! :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast:

[Uncle Joe]

35. Kicked and recommended for the world goshdangit.

:thumbsup:

[Betsy Ross]

36. Kiss and Rejoice! n/t

[Jennicut]

37. I heart the man. He is hilarious funny as well as an exposer of the right wing crap

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

38. K & R

[butterfly77]

39. K&R!

[Rebel Scum]

40. You bet he deserves it. K&R!!!!!!!!!

[walldude]

42. I came to DU today for one reason.

To make sure Jon was on the front page. K&R. I've never been much into "hero" worship but goddamn, he let Cramer have it with both barrels while Cramer sat there and had to take his lumps.

To bad it's up to a comedian to show this stuff. I guess Glen BEck is too busy with his end of the world predictions to actually do something for the people he claims to speak for.

[defendandprotect]

96. Jon was lovingly aggressive with Cramer . . .I dislike the making of

aggressive references about it ---

I think Jon is almost lawyer like -- and wonderfully fair.

And, he is a very dangerous LISTENER ---

I think Cramer could only have respect for Stewart --

though he may hate him as he understands what Jon has done to their

careers in "financial entertainment" --- !!!

I don't know that Jon ever used the words "immoral" -- but I think he

made clear that this was "FU'd" idea of game-playing by the network!

Cramer, unashamedly, continued to claim that he, personally, was

"just wrong" at times re his financial calls and/or tried to joke.

And Jon continued to show tapes making it painfully clear what was going on.

I don't know who might have been listening to this guy in the first place,

but I wouldn't ask him for the right time!

Yeah, I can see that MSNBC wouldn't want this mentioned above a whisper --

preferably only in the basement!!!

[ShortnFiery]

43. Rock ON!

:-) ;)

[sallyseven]

45. K&R

[damonm]

47. K&R! Jon Stewart is WAY up on the hero board...

[liberal N proud]

48. We have not seen that type of journalism for a long time

And it took a comedian to do it.

[fadedrose]

49. K & R

[Chorophyll]

50. I cannot K&R this enough.

In my opinion the Cramer interview, the Crossfire scolding, and Colbert's appearance at the White House Press Corps dinner were instrumental in getting this country back on track. Jon and Stephen are more than just comedians -- they're cultural satirists and they're damn good at what they do!

:loveya:

[noiretextatique]

52. thanks, Jon

:fistbump: best smackdown ever.

[chknltl]

53. Go Get 'Em Tiger!

:patriot: :patriot:

[yy4me]

54. Always did love JS, he is funny and obviously very brilliant!

We need him and others like him with courage to speak out.

KO, Rachel and a few others are trying.

Finally, the voices of more than one.

[chieftain]

56. That was one of the most amazing TV moments, ever. Frost

was no where near as incisive with Nixon as Stewart was with Cramer. Admittedly, the mad money man in no way measures up to Milhous in either venality or smarts, but Jon is the best in the business at getting to the heart of the matter.

[onestepforward]

57. Jon trumps our corporate "media" with facts once again!

[BrklynLiberal]

58. K&R

[Tashca]

59. K & R

Yes he does..........:toast:

[graywarrior]

60. Hell yeah!

[rockedthevoteinMA]

61. K & R!!! I LOVE HIM.!! n/t.

[FiveGoodMen]

62. As always!

[proud patriot]

63. Kick a roo

:kick:

[L0oniX]

64. K & R ...did I say K & R? ...K & R

[Richd506]

65. K & R

[hay rick]

66. As you'd expect, K & R

[kleec]

67. Great interview

Oh yes and sorely needed. Hope we have more like it.

[prairierose]

68. k&r..he is great...n/t

[pleah]

70. K&R

:toast:

[mecherosegarden]

71. K&R N/T

[rosesaylavee]

72. I heart him.

[valerief]

73. Keek!

:kick:

[WheelWalker]

74. Got'cha covered, P

:kick:

[jillan]

97. You always do.

:pals:

[DWilliamsamh]

75. I have loved Jon for years. He is on FIRE right now. If you aren't mad and all that. (n/t)

Jon (and his staff) ARE paying attention, and are angry (and funny) with complete justification.

[toymachines]

77. Word

[radiclib]

78. I've suspected it for a while, but now I'm sure of it

John Stewart is the smartest man on television.

[LuckyLib]

80. The only real news on the tee-vee. The rest is manufactured horseshit.

[sce56]

82. I did not need to watch last night to know I love his show! K & 162Rec

I have been getting more real news from that "FAKE NEWS SHOW" than I have from the MSM for years!

[DutchLiberal]

83. I'm more than happy to K&R this, for Jon!

[TBF]

85. The videos are up on the Comedy Central official site now -

definitely worth the time to watch them. K&R

[Po_d Mainiac]

86. r & k n/t

[kaygore]

87. Jon Stewart has become the voice of the people who have been held voiceless.

God bless him and his brilliant mind!

[mia]

88. thank you. k&r

:kick:

[Richard Steele]

89. He's a genuine national treasure. K&R

[Medusa]

90. Here's to Jon

Who is not afraid of calling others out for their bullshit and lies. Shame the news media can't do the same huh?

[pengillian101]

91. Jon Stewart

Too bad he just can't use his real name.

[Joe Fields]

93. yeah, he definitely deserves it!

and then some. I cannot tell you how long it has been when I saw anyone in the media do the kind of journalism I saw him perform last night.


God bless you John Stewart!!!!!!!:kick:

[jillan]

94. I felt the same way - that he rose above - way above - every other journalist by exposing

the lies and the slime called Wall Street.

[defendandprotect]

95. I not only LUV Jon . . . I admire him -- and we need more comics in politics -- !!!!

Jon for president --- !!!!!

[DUlover2909]

98. word up

:kick:

[Oldtimeralso]

100. Too Late To R but I Can Still Kick! n/t

[pam4water]

101. ;( I wanted to R

:cry:

[upi402]

102. kick, late to rec

[jzodda]

103. Watched the interview (unedited one) now 4 times

It gets better each time. It's truly a landmark interview that I think people will be talking about for years to come.

[Helga Scow Stern]

104. Loving him again tonight! n/t

[ermasdaughter]

106. Go JS!!!...

You know, I'm just old enough to remember when journalist did their jobs.....(SIGH) I guess it took a brilliant "comedian" to show them how it's done.

[Divine Discontent]

107. He has all top 5 threads on the homepage due to his 'heroics' slamming the shady practices of Cramer

and his criminal cohorts laughed all the way to the banks in Switzerland.


Jon Stewart deserves a TV award next year for this episode - and will get it! Enjoy the Emmy, Jon!


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[WheelWalker]

109. Shameless kick

for a friend. :P