Comments on: Jon Stewart Made to Stick

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By: Jon Dornier

Jon Dornier — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:12:41 +0000

Stewart’s barbs are landing in large part because he is able to expose the contradiction between what Cramer, CNBC, et. al. are claiming (we are financial journalists) and the reality (we are financial cheerleaders).

The other thing that makes him stick out (U – unexpected) is that his is about the only show on television that is critiquing television.

He does hide a bit behind the comedian label, but he doesn’t have that much to hide – he isn’t saying he has the answer, just that these other people claiming to have the answer are wrong.

Stewart can probably stay behind that label for a while – Limbaugh has been doing it for decades.

By: David Bell

David Bell — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:46:30 +0000

What does it say when the hardest-hitting questions in journalism come from comedy shows? Where are the hard-news organizations? As Stewart said when he was on Tucker Carlson’s show (remember that?), he doesn’t pretend to be a serious journalist — his lead-in show [was] a sock-puppet making crank phone calls. Too many thumb-suckers and not enough hard-news journalists.

By: CTurner

CTurner — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:45:30 +0000

Stewart’s ideas about CNBS stuck because they crystallize what a lot of people are already thinking, even if it hasn’t been articulated by anyone before. The “financial experts” that we see on TV had no inkling that there was a problem with the markets before the meltdown? As Stewart himself has said, what if the weatherpeople on TV had no clue (or wouldn’t tell us) that a hurricane was coming? Would we still regard them as experts?

The business press needs to suck this one up and promise to do a better job in the future. Their credibility is at stake.

By: Rich Murphy

Rich Murphy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:02:45 +0000

Interesting book. I am not sure I agree with your analysis of Stewart’s credibility. Stewart’s team is great at selecting clips that have emotional appeal, but they certainly do not represent everything that Cramer has done in his career. I think Stewart’s credibility comes from his references to his lack of credibility. We respect his opinion because he frames his ideas as a comedian, thus whenever his ideas are questioned, he hides behind the comedian label. Stewart does a great job shielding himself from critics by pulling the comedian card.