Last week we used this space to salute Jon Stewart for his brilliant skewering of cable network CNBC’s dubious economic coverage. But we wrapped our praise in the caveat that while Stewart’s pre-written bits have serious teeth, he usually gives subjects the kid-glove treatment when they’re in-studio. This week, he proved us wrong. After convincing Mad Money host Jim Cramer to slink onto the Daily Show stage, Stewart subjected him to an “interview” that was more a 10-minute public shaming. Using damning contradictory clips and a refuse-to-let-up line of questioning, Stewart exposed Cramer and his network for the disingenuous Wall Street lackeys that they are, and showed his timid colleagues on the “real” news shows how it’s done. –JS
Find it at… the dailyshow.com
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