You may have heard the quip (delivered only partially in jest) that the only place you get real investigative journalism anymore is on a pretend news show (i.e., The Daily Show).
EXHIBIT A: Jon Stewart delivered a searing indictment of Jim Cramer and the financial news business in general when he interviewed Cramer on The Daily Show.
See the eight minute video. Stewart pasted Cramer as "Selling Snake Oil as Vitamin Tonic." Give Jim Cramer credit for taking it head-on. His professional nuts are on the slab, and he acts like he knows it.
And there was no light handling from Stewart. He was incisive, surgical and basically accused CNBC as knowing the game that was being played and negligently shirking its duties.
What can I say. It was cathartic. We are all in the same boat, some better, some worse. There is something to be said for shining a light on piggish behavior, and this fits the bill.
WATCH IT (below)! Full episode online @ The Daily Show (also, here is link to Jon Stewart's original response to CNBC/Rich Santelli Rant, which is awesome).
