Comments on: Jon Stewart tries to have it both ways (or) court-jester turned cheerleader-clown http://livethetrinity.net/2009/03/jon-stewart-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-at-the-expense-of-truth/ Questions about life, the universe, everything Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick http://livethetrinity.net/2009/03/jon-stewart-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-at-the-expense-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Rick Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:12:00 +0000 http://livethetrinity.net/?p=419#comment-62 My friend Dr Chris Brady kindly refers to my post about Jon Stewart. Two persons left (excellent and reasonable) comments expressing their disagreement. I am not responding to them there because I don't feel like I should take their disagreement with *me* (and Chris but keep reading) over *there*. 1) As for Chris' excellent reply - what he said. 2) Point of clarification. I am not a Jim Cramer fan. I don't watch his show for the simple reasons that (a) I don't have enough money to play the stock market (b) I can't handle the "manic" manner of the show (especially the camera angle swooping all over the place). I admit that I have tuned in a few times lately out of curiosity. 3) It seems to me that there is one important point that the Mainstream Media (who have been playing this up - fair enough I suppose although they are propping up Stewart at the expense of Cramer) is not addressing. *Why* did Jon Stewart decide to go after CNBC (in general and then Cramer in particular)? Since when did he give a flip? Answer - when someone criticized Team Obama's economic strategy (or lack thereof). My friend Dr Chris Brady kindly refers to my post about Jon Stewart. Two persons left (excellent and reasonable) comments expressing their disagreement. I am not responding to them there because I don’t feel like I should take their disagreement with *me* (and Chris but keep reading) over *there*.

1) As for Chris’ excellent reply – what he said.

2) Point of clarification. I am not a Jim Cramer fan. I don’t watch his show for the simple reasons that (a) I don’t have enough money to play the stock market (b) I can’t handle the “manic” manner of the show (especially the camera angle swooping all over the place). I admit that I have tuned in a few times lately out of curiosity.

3) It seems to me that there is one important point that the Mainstream Media (who have been playing this up – fair enough I suppose although they are propping up Stewart at the expense of Cramer) is not addressing. *Why* did Jon Stewart decide to go after CNBC (in general and then Cramer in particular)? Since when did he give a flip? Answer – when someone criticized Team Obama’s economic strategy (or lack thereof).

]]> By: Jon Stewart is doing it again – Targuman http://livethetrinity.net/2009/03/jon-stewart-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-at-the-expense-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jon Stewart is doing it again – Targuman Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:29:24 +0000 http://livethetrinity.net/?p=419#comment-61 [...] Jon Stewart tries to have it both ways (or) court-jester turned cheerleader-clown at Live the Trinit.... [Jon Stewart] is trying to have it both ways as usual. “Put entertainment over journalism”. Excuse me - are we to understand that Jon Stewart is a journalist? That the purpose of “The Daily Show” is journalism? (And in what sense is Jim Cramer trying to be a journalist whatever that means in this context?) [...] [...] Jon Stewart tries to have it both ways (or) court-jester turned cheerleader-clown at Live the Trinit…. [Jon Stewart] is trying to have it both ways as usual. “Put entertainment over journalism”. Excuse me – are we to understand that Jon Stewart is a journalist? That the purpose of “The Daily Show” is journalism? (And in what sense is Jim Cramer trying to be a journalist whatever that means in this context?) [...]

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