Saturday, March 14, 2009

Please, sir, may I have another?

I don't want to keep relying on this Jon Stewart takedown of Jim Cramer, CNBC and the whole twisted relationship between big media and Wall Street, but I can't help commenting on Tucker Carlson's quote today regarding the matter.

In a Politico piece on how media critics have been piling on Cramer, Carlson goes counter:
Carlson, reached Friday, described Stewart as "a partisan demagogue."

"Jim Cramer may be sweaty and pathetic — he certainly was last night — but he's not responsible for the current recession," Carlson told POLITICO. "His real sin was attacking Obama's economic policies. If he hadn't done that, Stewart never would have gone after him. Stewart's doing Obama's bidding. It's that simple."

Could Carlson, who's career suffered mightily after a confrontation with Stewart on his soon-after cancelled CNN Crossfire, be looking for another helping?

Just a reminder, here's the appearance that was later seen at least 1.8 million times online:



Maybe Carlson has earned himself a mention on Monday night's Daily Show...?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It was a funny segment, although not nearly as good as the four days of mocking Jim Cramer leading up to it.

In fairness though, this is a pretty good retort:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/16/AR2009031602319.html