"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart faced off against Jim Cramer
and his network, CNBC, Thursday night in a meeting Comedy Central
called the "Jim Cramer Battle."
The Associated Press reported that Stewart hammered Cramer, host
of "Mad Money" for putting entertainment above journalism.
"I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but
it's not a ... game," Stewart told Cramer, adding in an expletive
during the show's Thursday taping.
The program opened in mock hype of the confrontation, which
caught headlines through the week as each sniped at the other over
the air. The show announced it as "the weeklong feud of the
century," the AP reported.
Stewart said he and Cramer are both snake-oil salesmen, only
"The Daily Show" is labeled as such, the AP reported. Stewart said
CNBC failed in its journalistic duty by believing corporate lies,
rather than taking an investigative approach.
The AP noted Cramer disagreed with Stewart on some points, but
also admitted he could have done a better job foreseeing the
economic collapse: "We all should have seen it more."
CNBC is owned by General Electric Co., and Comedy Central is
owned by Viacom Inc.
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