Jon Stewart Rips Into CNBC

Comedy Central | Mar. 5, 2009 (Comedy News)

(Video) The Daily Show on Wednesday was supposed to feature guest Rick Santelli, a reporter on CNBC. Santelli is infamous for his rant against Obama’s mortgage plan, calling homeowners who are struggling to pay their loans “losers.”

Santelli backed out, or err, “bailed out,” as Stewart put it, from the interview. Instead, Stewart launched into a nearly nine-minute take down of the business news channel. Here are some of the ... Full Story »

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 by Dale Penn - Mar. 5, 2009

Jon Stewart hits it out of the ballpark. This is clearly biased reporting on a clearly biased report on CNBC that has gained huge national attention without a whole lot of rebuttal. Stewart provides that rebuttal utilizing clips from CNBC reports over the last year or so that shows just how reliable their business pundit's predictions have been. Fair? No. Good journalism? Yes.

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