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I agree with this on principle, but I think Stewart is smugger than most of the people he lambastes, a nightly Bill Maher if you will.
I never thought of the two of them as being so similar, but I don't disagree. I guess I was always distracted by Stewarts pussyness and Maher's assholishness.
Two things that get poked by big dicks and then whine if it hurts too much....sort of like sniping at everything and not offering solutions.
I disagree somewhat...I'm only a semi-regular viewer of Maher's show and rarely if ever watch the Daily Show but I think that Maher's panel does oftentimes try and find solutions to problems rather than just sniping (which is totally what he is doing otherwise)
The problem with both, and Rush, Olberman, ad naseum is that when a guest doesn't agree, the eyerolls and smarm kick in, rather than an actual argument.
"Now, John, I think.."
*Looks at camera out the corner of his eye and smirks*
"Now, Keith, I think..."
*Looks at camera out the corner of his eye and smirks*
" Now, Bill, I think..."
*Looks at camera out the corner of his eye and smirks*
Which is the whole problem with infotainment in the first place. I am not innocent of this at all, but it seems to have become the de rigeur response in our society rather than substantive disagreement.
- It is what it is, and I'd love to trade this work a day schlub shit for a fat TV gig...
OK, so waitaminute. Are you saying CNBC DOESN'T need to be called on the carpet for puff piece, lazy reporting and essentially acting as a 17 hour-a-day infomercial for the financial industry and Wall Street? Come on.
Granted, Cramer is the face of that sin if not the main transgressor but this is an issue that needs to be brought out into the daylight, dissected, examined and analyzed so someone maybe gets clue that acting as a transcription service and soapbox for CEOs - instead of a critical outlet focused on more than good "gets" - has real fucking consequences.
Is Cramer an entertainer or a financial expert? Well, he made a shitload in hedge funds so he must know something and that's why people would value what he says. Should people look deeper on their own before investing? Of course. But that doesn't mean the bulk of the financial journalism complex should escape scrutiny for falling asleep at the wheel on this.
9/11 gave Bush a good three years of hands-off from the media but that pales compared to the 10+ years of media softballs that the real estate boom and The Fed's expansionary policy afforded CEOs. Both wrought tremendous long-term damage and both will take a while to right.
Put that in a song brother, maybe they'll hear it.
