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The "we're just a comedy show" is a Defense in Cheek...

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Mar 13 '09, 08:44

everyone knows...as do they...that they're satire.

I can't believe anyone would feel sympathy for Cramer over this which is where I think this is coming from.

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It's more a response to "Why don't you cover the news?" "Uh, because we're just a comedy show." - TWuG Mar 13, 09:05 1
- As to your last...well... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 13, 09:17
Like I wrote on B2...I only know Cramer as a cartoon already, but I thought last night was unfair. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 08:58 14
- It only seems that way if that is all you watched...Cramer had been making the rounds of other tv shows lying and attacking this week. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 09:06
- he got caught lying *in* the interview.. - Reagen Mar 13, 09:03 11
  - Just because we're all having fun seeing a bad guy get whats coming doesn't mean it was the right venue for justice. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:06 8
    - You probably felt bad for the emporer when the kid shouted that he wasn't wearing anything, too, huh? -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 09:08 4
      - "And now, young Skywalker... you will die." (me: WOO!) -- nm - Mop Mar 13, 09:19
      - No. But had the court jester who goes along with it all along been the one, then maybe. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:13 2
        
        That's the jester's role...to speak truth to power...in poems and insults - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 09:18
        
        Well, it's not like Jon Stewart has exactly been enabling the media's systemic douchebaggery all this time, only to turn on Cramer last night. - znufrii Mar 13, 09:16
    - The court of public opinion is the only venue available. -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 09:07 2
      - I'm saying TDS wasn't the right venue for that. (As neither would Martha Stewart be.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:12 1
        
        But if TDS hadn't done this, who would have? I find the media treats itself with kid gloves for the most part -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 09:13
  - "Roll 212." - TWuG Mar 13, 09:06 1
    - that was a kill shot. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 13, 09:17
- it's not meant to be "fair", it's meant to be true. -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 09:02
I wasn't watching completely but I did feel somewhat sorry for Cramer - amoxy Mar 13, 08:51 1
- After the clips of him admitting to manipulating the derivitive market and telling others how to do it, he'll be lucky if the SEC doesn't investigate - Trish Mar 13, 09:14
I haven't seen Cramer's show (except his cameo in Iron Man). I'd probably feel sorry for him if I saw his TDS interview -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 08:49 1
- I thought he was on the DS once before... but maybe it was Colbert I saw him on. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 09:00
It's not like Cramer was a guest star on Big Bang Theory of something. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 08:49
I get the impression that Stewart doesn't want this role, but if no one's going to be doing it, he will. -- nm - Reagen Mar 13, 08:49 25
- Fine, but I would argue that means he now has to wear the same responsiblity he wants the others to wear and show some consistency. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 08:54 20
  - I'm not sure what you mean by this. Anyone who watches even on a semi-regular basis can tell you that he's just as quick to point out idiocy by the - Trish Mar 13, 09:07 2
    - This isn't politics, left/right/whatever. It's a consistency on a guest by guest basis in terms of tone of interview. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:20 1
      - Again, you totally missed the point. If the "regular" media is just going to cover it up, then somebody has to stand up and say "enough". - Trish Mar 13, 09:28
  - No, cause he's a comedian...his job is to make douchbags out to be douchebags, while laughing -- nm - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 09:07
  - well in the broader sense, he has the responsibility not to use the kid gloves on Obama - Reagen Mar 13, 09:01 3
    - I'm leaving it on B2 and two boards of talk on this, but my final summary is that I don't think Jon exercises proper... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:30
    - And if Rick Santelli had gone on the show like he was scheduled to, the big pussy, Cramer would'nt have had to gone on and take the brunt of it - amoxy Mar 13, 09:04 1
      - "Wimp Ass Pu$$y" should go out on a date with "Dumb A$$ Trick". -- nm - Diva Mar 13, 09:05
  - Are you a regular watcher of the show or did you just watch last night cause you'd seen the media attention the Cramer interview was getting? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 09:01 2
    - Goes thru fits and spurts. Watched most of last year, but took a break post-Christmas. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:09 1
      - I guess I just look at the show differently then. I view it more as a news show with laughs. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 09:20
  - there is no consistency... - Mel Profit Mar 13, 08:55 8
    - I'm talking the tone of the Daily Show. Jim Cramer's hardly the greatest villian to ever grace the show's green room, yet Jon.... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 09:05 5
      - Most the "villians" on his show hadn't just trashed him all week -- nm - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 09:14
      - You seem to be hung up on this idea that the DS is just a "comedy" show, when really it isn't. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 09:12 2
        
        There's nothing wrong with just wanting to be entertained :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 13, 09:24
        
        It's kind of like when O'Reilly said that TDS/Colbert audiences were nothing but slackers and stoners, right after ratings sweeps. So, Stewart got - Trish Mar 13, 09:22
      - not every interview needs the same technique. - Reagen Mar 13, 09:07
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      - err...there is no...inconsistency. - Mel Profit Mar 13, 09:19
- I think that's right. I think they'd be happy to sit on the side lines, make their jokes, make a few points and stay out of the way. - Mel Profit Mar 13, 08:51 3
  - "What me worry?" -- nm - Qale Mar 13, 08:59
  - Agree. What I really hope is that Stewart can get back to his "fart Jokes" like he said last night - amoxy Mar 13, 08:53 1
    - "And now... a very special episode of The Daily Show" -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 08:54

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