Did anyone see Jim Cramer on The Daily Show? Poor guy caved and capitulated. Stewart kinda ambushed him, and went after him without anything even resembling a coherent point.
This has been happening with The Daily Show for a long time, but it's getting downright absurd. Jon Stewart has no idea what he's talking about when he starts asking confused questions about finance. No. Freakin'. Idea. But that doesn't stop him from asking pointed, populist-themed questions that get little rounds of applause from the studio audience.
What's worse, the show keeps hiding behind the fact that it's technically comedy. But anyone who watches it at all knows that there's a lot of winking, and a lot of cheers going along with the laughs. There's a not-so-subtle implication that "yeah, this is comedy...but we're also getting at some larger truths." Of course, there's still plenty of deniability when someone calls them out. Not that most people do, because anyone lampooned by the show wants to avoid looking like they don't have a sense of humor.
Real shame. Used to be a great show, but Stewart needs to be taken down a peg. His interviews have become more like interventions, which might be okay if he actually understood the issues. He thinks the problem is shady back-room dealings, but the real problem (or one of them, at least) is people like himself talking about finance and economics, despite knowing next-to-nothing about it.
Anyway, that's my rant. Been bugging me for awhile, so I felt it had to be said.
This has been happening with The Daily Show for a long time, but it's getting downright absurd. Jon Stewart has no idea what he's talking about when he starts asking confused questions about finance. No. Freakin'. Idea. But that doesn't stop him from asking pointed, populist-themed questions that get little rounds of applause from the studio audience.
What's worse, the show keeps hiding behind the fact that it's technically comedy. But anyone who watches it at all knows that there's a lot of winking, and a lot of cheers going along with the laughs. There's a not-so-subtle implication that "yeah, this is comedy...but we're also getting at some larger truths." Of course, there's still plenty of deniability when someone calls them out. Not that most people do, because anyone lampooned by the show wants to avoid looking like they don't have a sense of humor.
Real shame. Used to be a great show, but Stewart needs to be taken down a peg. His interviews have become more like interventions, which might be okay if he actually understood the issues. He thinks the problem is shady back-room dealings, but the real problem (or one of them, at least) is people like himself talking about finance and economics, despite knowing next-to-nothing about it.
Anyway, that's my rant. Been bugging me for awhile, so I felt it had to be said.