Jon Stewart vs. CNBC

[jal41]

Has anyone been following Jon Stewarts brutal bashing of CNBC? CNN and the other broadcast networks have picked it up as a news story.

This started after CNBC's Rick Santelli made comments from the NYSE floor that got so much attention. Santelli was to appear on Stewart's show...only to cancel (CNBC cited them wanting to move on).

So, Stewart apparently goes on an 8 minute tirate against the network (in the stylings of Letterman/McCain...only more vulgar). One of the targets...Mad Money host Jim Cramer. Cramer had to defend himself on The Today Show, where the video of Stewart's bashing was played.

Lesson to learn...under no circumstances whatsoever, do NOT cancel on a late night comedy show once you have been booked, unless you have a real emergency (not "I have to get back to Washington to vote on a bill"). Otherwise, you will be so screwed you will have to move to Iceland.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

This started after CNBC's Rick Santelli made comments from the NYSE floor that got so much attention.

Santelli covers the CBOT for CNBC.

Cramer had to defend himself on The Today Show, where the video of Stewart's bashing was played.

No, he chose to defend himself.

Santelli would have been lampooned if he had appeared on Stewart anyway, so he probably didn't have much to gain by showing up.

(PTBoardOp94 is not a fan of Jon Stewart. He thinks Anderson Cooper is rude to his guests, and Stewart is very much worse in this department.)

 

[whit979]

IMO, The Daily Show seems rather passe now that Mr. Bush is out of office and the election season is over. It's like a funnier Keith Olbermann in my book.

 

[LKellerIII]

I'll confirm what PTBoardOp 94 said. The film "montage" of CNBC pundits (mostly making bad recommendations, such as Cramer urging people to buy Bear-Stearns) had already been produced. The original plan was to play it before Santelli's interview to stir up both the viewers - and hopefully Santelli.

The only thing added to the segment after Santelli cancelled was Stewart's verbal tirade, which in my opinion, wasn't even up to the ususal Daily Show standard. "F**k You!" Very clever.

I agree in part with WhitFM - I don't think the Daily Show is passe - it's still fun to watch. But it goes without saying that political humor or political punditry of any persuasion is always more potent when the opposition is in power. Remember how much right-wing talk radio grew during the Clinton years. During the Bush years, there was very little controversy, and the right-wing hosts lost ratings. But look at the attention Rush, Hannity, and that ilk are getting now that they can foment controversy by bashing Obama. It's a growth industry again. While Obama is in power, the Daily Show will lose a lot of its punch.

Last year, when the lefty stand-up comics all said they would miss Bush, they said it to get a laugh, but they really weren't kidding.

 

[Robnoxious]

Ever notice Jon Stewart has never ever received negative press?

It's astounding.

 

[benwolf]

I missed the original tirade, but Stewart's second night CNBC bit was absolutely hilarious....the stock pickin' chicken? The 5 bald men?! C'mon, it was funny...laugh out loud for me. CNBC's bad advice has lost a lot of people a lot of money. People think Cramer can be trusted because he also tells people to sell and not just buy, but its all for their sponsors, most of which are brokerage houses...they only make money on fees from the sell and buy "churn" of transactions these hosts push. I know the network has a few fans out there, and they can be entertaining, but trust them with your money? God, no.

 

[ricksegers]

I wish I could figure out the Stewart/Colbert mystique. It's just the same regurgitated pablum found else where that Comedy Central feels must be repeated ad nauseum durng the day.

 

[LKellerIII]

I wish I could figure out the Stewart/Colbert mystique. It's just the same regurgitated pablum found else where that Comedy Central feels must be repeated ad nauseum durng the day.

I guess I like "pablum," then...I find both show's to be consistently funny - much more so than any other comedy series on TV these days. That's a curious charge considering that these 2 shows are the only 2 politically oriented shows on Comedy Central - quite different from their other programs: Demitri Martin, Larry the Cable Guy, rerun 80s and 90s comedy films, reruns of Scrubs, South Park, etc.

Do you mean "repeated ad nauseum" in regard to the frequent repeats of both shows on the daily schedule? That's how all cable networks fill up air-time these days...Comedy Central is hardly unique in that regard.

Speaking of the overblown "feud" between Stewart and CNBC, Stewart announced on last night's show that Jim Cramer would be a guest on tonight's show...uh...premiering at 11:00 tonight, then regurgitated ad nauseum on Friday and Monday.

 

[DToTheJ]

Here's how the face-off fared:

"I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a ... game," Stewart told Cramer, adding in an expletive during the show's Thursday taping...

Full story:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...08FB5-0088-42F2-9DB2-A1427C4D67A8}&dist=msr_5

 

[DToTheJ]

And here's video...
http://www.inquisitr.com/19895/jon-stewart-vs-jim-cramer-the-full-video/

 

[whit979]

Unfair for Stewart to crucify Cramer. CNBC is entertainment, period. Don't believe it? Check out the DISCLAIMER that's blown up on the screen (and read aloud, slowly) every time somebody comes on the network and says "buy/sell/dance around naked." The idea that CNBC is a reputable financial advisory firm is laughable. Maybe it's some material that one could ask his REAL financial advisor about, but c'mon--how many times do analysts on cable NEWS networks get it wrong? Look at Y2K...some analysts came on TV and talked as if there was going to be worldwide panic and we should all get ready for impending doom. So, should Jon Stewart (had he been on the air at the time) championed an idea that the cable news networks were to blame for getting Y2K wrong, and people who stockpiled groceries and built bunkers were all made to look like fools by CNN? Should The Weather Channel be crucified anytime they throw up a chance of rain on the screen and it doesn't rain? Please.

 

[Nate Wesley]

Ever notice Jon Stewart has never ever received negative press?

It's astounding.

stopped watching O'Reilly?

 

[Robnoxious]

Ever notice Jon Stewart has never ever received negative press?

It's astounding.

stopped watching O'Reilly?

I've never seen O'Reilly. Hell, I don't even have cable TV. When I've watched Stewart/Colbert it was on Hulu. I just think it's fascinating that Stewart never receives criticism from the media. Nothing more to read into than that (though it seems you all ready have). The guy is made of Teflon.

 

[Nate Wesley]

I've never seen O'Reilly. Hell, I don't even have cable TV. When I've watched Stewart/Colbert it was on Hulu. I just think it's fascinating that Stewart never receives criticism from the media. Nothing more to read into than that (though it seems you all ready have). The guy is made of Teflon.

How would you know that for certain when you've effectively cut yourself off from much of the media (no cable)? They don't transition everything to their websites, and you wouldn't necessarily have the time to observe all of it if they did. Heck, Stewart played some critical blowback on Cramer-gate from MSNBC of all 'liberal' places, via Joe Scarborough and other CNBC personalities.

 

[imhomerjay]

Unfair for Stewart to crucify Cramer. CNBC is entertainment, period. Don't believe it? Check out the DISCLAIMER that's blown up on the screen (and read aloud, slowly) every time somebody comes on the network and says "buy/sell/dance around naked." The idea that CNBC is a reputable financial advisory firm is laughable. Maybe it's some material that one could ask his REAL financial advisor about, but c'mon--how many times do analysts on cable NEWS networks get it wrong? Look at Y2K...some analysts came on TV and talked as if there was going to be worldwide panic and we should all get ready for impending doom. So, should Jon Stewart (had he been on the air at the time) championed an idea that the cable news networks were to blame for getting Y2K wrong, and people who stockpiled groceries and built bunkers were all made to look like fools by CNN? Should The Weather Channel be crucified anytime they throw up a chance of rain on the screen and it doesn't rain? Please.

Something of a difference between a botched weather forecast and passing oneself off as a financial expert and dispensing advice (and Jimmy Poo's world extends beyond CNBC...he tries to portray himself as an expert) that turns out to be a disaster. CNBC needs to develop a thicker skin if they can't take some short-lived heat for being called out for some monumentally bad advice and coverage.