Originally Posted by roachboy

what i'm confused about in this is the status that's being imputed to jon stewart, whom i find sometimes funny but often not, sometimes smart but often not, but a comedian all the time. it's good i suppose that he said the self-evident to jim cramer--but it really is self-evident, what he said. so i don't quite get the notion that stewart is performing some greater public service by doing a show in which cramer is booked as a guest.

to me, it speaks to a *real* problem with the media apparatus in the states that the most cogent political commentary happens on the comedy network.

and this is not to say that i have a problem with the daily show--but still...