the story fairly accurately reports the demeanor of both men, and the content. what's left out which is important in this story is the context : jon stewart's show is based upon daily criticism of/ frustration with the (usually cable) news media, showing the inflammatory, false and/or contradictory statements made by commentators. in this instance he took it further face-to-face with the one across from him, possibly because it is a vital issue for the public..

With all the frauds and thieves on Wall street, the banking industry, and the economic shows, at least Cramer took his medicine. Now if he'll just sit down with all the people who lost their ass off, we can turn to something that helps this country.

A very fair revue of the Cramer-Stewart segment. A good job of explaining in the simplest terms whats wrong with and what went wrong on Wall Street.. The writer did a good job of outlining the behind the scene dynamics of how the segment arose.. A glimpse of the mindset of Wall Street players....disgraces all of them it seems.

The reporting on the interview is spot on, but what is lacking is the very thing Jon Stewart was complaing about, a lack of accountability by those reporting on the news.

It looks like Stewart just destroyed this Cramer's career. Watch in link attached.

It's a pretty fair look at the show.

Stewart was right, this is not a frigging joke.

I'm wondering if I watched the same interview as the NYT writer. And the explanation of how CNBC/Cramer profit from the feud was weak at best, and opinionated without factual basis.

I experienced this review as snarky. "A cathartic ritual of indignation and castigation"? "Messianic in his political satire"? I expect Alessandra may be the only viewer (other than Cramer and his ilk) who wasn't having fun watching this "comedian lose his sense of humor."