shakran

I call bullshit. Stewart is a political critic when it comes to things considered neo-conservative, yes, and when someone expects him to dole out the same level of criticism to liberals they're being an idiot. Stewart clearly feels, as apparently does the majority of the country, that the liberal way is the better way, especially in light of the fact that the neo-cons broke the country in a myriad of ways. Neocons have this idea that journalists should be biased (Fox News is AWESOME!) but political critics must be balanced (well you say neocons are screwups, you have to say that about everyone else! -whine-)

It's crap. Stewart criticizes the neocons because in his mind (and mine) they richly deserve it. That doesn't mean he then has to criticize everyone else in order to "make up for it."

In this instance Cramer earned his criticism along with the rest of CNBC. This "oh well he's an entertainer" stuff is crap. He's on a network that bills itself as the place to turn to for financial wisdom, and his show is advertised as a fun presentation of serious financial topics. "In Cramer We Trust," and so forth. His show is billed as being sound advice packaged in a fun-to-watch way. Fine. That means the advice had better be sound, or he'd better be ready to take his lumps. Whining that "I'm an entertainer" is horseshit. Then get your own show on Comedy Central and don't run around telling people to buy or sell stocks. Stay off of the channel that claims to be the financial "news" channel.