What I, and Mark, implied was if you go against The One they'll destroy you. Why attack Cramer, a stock picker, for lousy journalism. Isn't Stewart the fake journalist? Shouldn't he have been asking all these questions for the last two years?
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Stewart was not (IMO) bullying Cramer specifically, and said as much a few > times in the interview. He certainly wasn't bullying him for making picks > and simply being wrong. > > Stewart was lambasting the whole notion of financial journalism and > questioning whether or not it was impartial and thoroughly researched prior > to being reported. > > As far as it not being "new", that's irrelevant and does not diminish the > message. Attacking Stewart's motives do not do anything to diminish the > accuracy of what he says (otherwise, I imagine you (or, I guess Mark Heming) > would be attacking the accuracy of what he says). I think the motives are > pretty simple. Ratings. Not necessarily a particularly noble motive, but > as Stewart himself points out, it's an entertainment show and the goal of > the show is to be successful. Still, doesn't reflect on the accuracy of the > messa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
