"On the US Xbox LIVE Marketplace, the full unedited interview between Stewart and Cramer (f-bombs and all!) is available for download. It's free for LIVE Gold members. Details on how to download in the link below."

Free content on XBL.

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2. The point, which he clearly stated, was that financial reporters tend to play cheer leader rather than journalist. Not asking tough questions or making any critical reasoning just day in and day out reaction.

3. The Cramer 2006 clip was used to illustrate the point that these reporters are fully aware of the gimmicks but choose not to report them because they benefit from it some way.

4. The show is usually funny but occasionally he does serious episodes, that one wasn't funny but it was informative. Colbert can be hilarious and he can also be very annoying (trying to get stuff named after Stephen just seems silly sometimes), the Daily Show is more of a middle ground, IMO.

@rexdart007:

Cramer made this about Cramer, not Stewart. Cramer was one part of the original joke and they HE went on a NBC tour and played defensive when he didn't need to. That is how this whole thing got out of hand.

(this is a really long post :-S)

Of course Cramer knows more, it was never in dispute, but if he knows more (especially about the backroom stuff) more should be said. He clearly admitted during the interview there are things that should be said but aren't because its 'difficult' to say.

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As opposed to The Daily Show. Which is just day in and day out "OMG LOOK WHAT BUSH SAID TODAY!"

I remember one of the first Daily Shows after Obama was elected, it was literally half an hour of Stewart taking as many shots at as many Bush quotes as he could.

It was like he realized that the entire premise of his whole show for the last 8 years was about to lose it's relevance, and was trying to get it all out of his system before he wouldn't be able to use them anymore.

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I mean, sure, you can make the "Cramer was criticizing Obama" argument, but then you'd have to ignore clip after clip proving you wrong.

You'd have to ignore that Stewart's initial target was Santilli's rant and CNBC's self-proclaimed financial expertise. You'd have to ignore that it was a one-night segment that got legs only because CNBC, and Cramer in particular, started lashing back. You'd have to ignore the clips of Cramer on the Today Show, on Scarborough. You'd have to ignore the fact that CNBC and the NBC family promoted the feud in the day's leading up to Cramer's interview.

Of course, when all you want to do is make a bogus political point, it's easy to ignore the stuff that'll prove you wrong.

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It lost sight of it's original mission (parody the news) and instead turned into "Hey society....think THIS"

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Stewarts not going anywhere!

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It's since turned into a half hour of Stewart yelling at still images of various Republicans.

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Fixed that for ya.

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Besides of which it's not his fault he led countless economic sheep to ruin, now is it?

Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the interview.

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And it's people like you that are fucking up this country/world with your ignorance. Cramer and CNBC were clearly in the wrong here, and the evidence was all laid out. Open your eyes.

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I should take some footage of ESPN analysts predicting the MLB 2008 season and call them out now that I've seen the results.

Sure, I didn't actually put my butt on the line by making any sort of analysis myself, but that's not important.

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It's the same reason I lost interest in Colbert Report. It started as a pretty fun parody of Bill O'Riley types and then suddenly BECAME that type of show instead of a parody.

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And that's what The Daily Show turned into. It's like the WWE in a way...play to a slanted audience's views to get a cheap pop.

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It's just as agenda/POV-pushing as Fox News. The only difference is that it hides it under the pretense of parody.

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"Meh... this is why I stopped watching The Daily Show a long time ago."

Your use of the word "this" is so vague and nonspecific that I am forced to label your comment inane.

Also, no part of "this" (in my interpretation as a word which encompasses any and all aspects of the Cramer vs. Stewart debacle) has provided me with a reason to stop watching The Daily Show.

So in conclusion, shut up.

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And while I can believe that Stewart doesn't see himself as a news reporter...that doesn't stop the nation from unfortunately viewing him as such. As demonstrated by such comments as this & this.

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The only people I see in good position don't have a foot hold to stand on, choosing to bash Obama by clinging to school yard "Communist" insults and failing to survey the situation with a more reasonable, intelligent light, which I'd hardly call a fair or worthwhile critique. Typically, the opposite leaning spectrum of the news media (in all its forms, including low level comedy shows and talk radio) are the ones to keep the magnifying glass on the opposition, but I've yet to hear an intelligent counter argument not stuck in some blind "Barack the Magic Negro" or other GOP catchphrase.

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I thought we got rid of that defense in 1946.

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(For what it's worth, I tend to find Jon Stewart "kind of OK, I guess", he's definitely a bit up himself, but this was still worth watching.)

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Hell yeah, me too. Cramer got his ass torn apart!!!

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