Revenge or Truth? What do you think of Jon Stewart's take on CNBC and Rick Santelli?
Now, I will admit that I think Jon Stewart and The Daily Show are among the best things on television.
I will also admit that this clip showed up the same night Rick Santelli was supposed to appear. However, Santelli canceled (for reasons unknown) at the last minute.
However, I have not seen anything that suggests that what is said is untrue. Granted, these are small moments over a lengthy period of time--but these were fairly big issues.
So, was this a fair assessment? Was this just a spin done because Santelli canceled?
Please, do not answer if you have not seen the clip.
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While I think there is a certain amount of vengence being taken here, Stewart is not one to pull his punches when he disagrees with his guests; take a look at any of his regular interviews with Bill Kristol, a conservative reporter and columnist. Also see Stewart's famous appearance on CrossFire, it was very much like this segment.
It was certainly a truthful attack, the clips speak for themselves. As for revenge, I didn't think this was out of character for either Stewart or the show.
I personally believe these clips where part of the research for the interview and that Steward intended to confront Santelli with the terrible reporting being done on CNBC. When Santelli canceled the Daily Show just ran the clips instead.
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Personally, I hope that Stewart planned to challenge Santelli on what he said when he came on the air, just like he did in this clip. Santelli's statements were straight-up ridiculous.
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M$
Why were his statements ridiculous? I think rick is a little better then Cramer at getting his point across.I wish he was on to because hes right on and a lots smarter than most people. I do not like Stewart anyway and the CEO's are the ones that have taken all the money and ran. Stewart sucks
Thanks for the link, it made me laugh!
I think he was evidently angry that a guest canceled (just like David Letterman and any other host who was disrespected).
It wasn't for revenge. Bottom Line: It was funny, and that's what this show's about!
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Seeing that the clip was mostly made up of broadcasts they actually ran, it is true.
And as he may not have run it in quite the same way had Santelli appeared on his show, it is revenge.
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But..I have to say that it was probably a good idea for Santelli to skip out on the show..considering they were probably ready to sandbag him bigtime.
I think what Stewart showed in the video is for the most part True ..but I bet you could mash up video from any of the news networks and come up with similar results.
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What's with the all caps? That makes your answer much harder to read.
the caps mean l;am shouting. so caps and l like jon stewart okay. it's like he's been the most informed of whats going on.
To be fair, I disagree that Santelli's actions had anything directly to do with Obama. His behavior and actions are apparently similar to other stunts that he has pulled in the past. This is the only one that actually got any traction outside of his own network.
I LOVE Stewart's appearance on Crossfire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE