Ethics

Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer

By Ed Brayton

Until the last few days, I had no idea who Jim Cramer was. On occasion, while channel surfing, I would come across some lunatic ranting on CNBC, which only caused me to speed up my remote clicking and move on to the next channel without delay. I had no idea who that lunatic was, but now I know his name is Jim Cramer. And Jon Stewart has been going at this guy like a pinata the last week or so.

First he went after Rick Santelli for his incoherent rant on the floor of the stock exchange, showing clip after clip of CNBC analysts being flagrantly wrong on their statements about various companies:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).