After Being Eviscerated By Jon Stewart, Cramer Skips Morning Show Appearance

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from ThinkProgress:



After Being Eviscerated By Jon Stewart, Cramer Skips Morning Show Appearance

Last night, CNBC’s Jim Cramer had a brutal face-off with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. “I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it’s not a f*cking game,” Stewart told Cramer. Cramer also agreed to do one show with more serious, level-headed commentary.

There has been almost universal acknowledgment that Stewart humiliated Cramer. Jim Fallows called it a “slaughter,” and the Huffington Post has a gigantic headline reading, “Jon Stewart eviscerates Jim Cramer and CNBC.” Even Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy said that Stewart “rightfully” attacked Cramer: “Jim Cramer, on his show, has made many — has said ‘buy this stock because it’s going to go up,’ and then it tanks. He told people to buy Bear Stearns and hold it, just before it completely went to zero.”

As Michael Calderone notes, yesterday on Twitter, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough wrote that he would have the “exclusive Jim Cramer interview tomorrow morning to discuss tonight’s war with Jon Stewart.” But after the rough night, Scarborough wrote this morning that Cramer was a no-show:

No Cramer. Perhaps another example of oversleeping. Guess he had a late night. That is too bad. Producers told he was only talking to us.

Cramer did get one defender this morning: CNN anchor Rob Marciano. Marciano — who is also a weather anchor — said that he sympathized with Cramer: “Anytime you’ve got a guy forecasting the future, and you do it on tv — kind of like a weather forecaster — I mean, you’re going to get into trouble sometimes.” His co-anchor then quipped, “But you’re not rooting for one hurricane over another, are you?”

He ended the segment by saying, “Hey, we’re all adults, and you listen to who you want to listen to, and then you make your own decisions.” Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/13/cramer-morning/

[blueclown]

1. Add Cramer to the Jon Stewart ownage list.

Cramer joins Crossfire on the list.

[GodlessBiker]

2. Snake oil salesmen should not agree to be interviewed by Jon Stewart. What a dope.

[burythehatchet]

6. Their ego's convince them they are smarter than Jon.

[burythehatchet]

3. Did Steve Douchey follow up with "watch Fox Business Channel instead"?

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17. So they could double their viewership to 120......

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[montanacowboy]

4. Rob Marciano

POS royale - this guy is supposed to be a "weatherman" and yet I remember him saying on air how everything Al Gore said was lies and that there is no such thing as Climate Change.

This guy is so Repukian he oozes the talking points of Reptilian Central

[marmar]

7. I thought that was the anit-Al Gore weatherman.....

...... What a tool....and his forecasts suck.

[ellacott]

9. Oh know, I didn't know he had those views

That's disappointing.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Can't blame him for that.

[NeedleCast]

8. I'd probably call in sick too if I took a beating like that

[Spazito]

10. LOL, Rob Marciano should stick to showboating in the middle of...

hurricanes, it's just about all he is good for, imo. He obviously knows nothing about finance but, like many others, doesn't stop him from pontificating in the face of his ignorance.

[gratuitous]

13. He used to be on one of the local Portland channels

Then he moved up to bigger and better things (good riddance). But the difference, and Marciano apparently doesn't quite grok this, is that if he's wrong, someone might get caught in a shower without an umbrella. When Cramer's wrong, and he often is, people lose substantial amounts of money. Marciano's paycheck is also not dependent on the advertising dollars from cold fronts and thunderheads, so he doesn't have to tailor his forecast to please weather systems; Cramer does have to adjust his prognostications with one eye on the advertising revenue.

[wtmusic]

11. Um, and why is Cramer not in jail?

Seems like he admits to skirting SEC rules - on camera.

As small as Madoff's cell is, there's room for one more.

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18. "Seems like he admits to skirting SEC rules - on camera."

Very true. Perhaps that's one reason his protest has been so muted.

[islandmkl]

12. dear joetheinternkiller:

the show was taped yesterday afternoon...the only thing cramer would have been doing 'late' would be trying to kill the pain....

and, by the way, why does he need to come on your lameass show and lend you some ratings and an opportunity for you to espouse your bullshit at his expense?...ESPECIALLY after he was schooled by someone with true intellect?

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15. That's what I figured.....

..... If you're going to come up with a lame-ass excuse Joe, at least choose one that kind of makes sense.

[Webster Green]

14. Jon called Joe "Doucheborough" during the Cramer interview..

Perfect! :rofl:

[marmar]

16. LOL.....I missed that.

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