A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT
by Chad Rubel
When Jon Stewart went after CNBC following Rick Santelli's rant, multiple members of the on-air staff took some hard hits. Stewart even wondered whether he would rather see the CNBC interviewer go to jail over Sir Allen Stanford.
Jim Cramer, perhaps the best-known personality on the business channel, came across relatively well in Stewart's initial attack. But Cramer made the attack on CNBC about Cramer.
This might end up being a rather huge mistake on Cramer's part. The Internet journalism community is helping Stewart's fight, and uncovered this 2006 video of Cramer admitting several things that don't seem, well, ethical. And you have Cramer saying to the interviewer that he wouldn't say this on TV. But we can see the video of Cramer admitting to certain business practices that sound, well, bad.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Jon Stewart dismantles CNBC on THE DAILY SHOW
Slick Rantelli* was scheduled to be on The Daily Show (TDS) last night but canceled and many folks believe he did so at the urging of CNBC brass. Well after watching last night's TDS the network would have been better off sacrificing Rantelli because Jon Stewart proceeded to eviscerate it and all of it's talent including Rick Cramer.
Stewart starting swinging in the first segment and continued landing blows throughout the entire show.
*Slick Rantelli=name given to Rick Santelli by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
Stewart starting swinging in the first segment and continued landing blows throughout the entire show.
*Slick Rantelli=name given to Rick Santelli by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Rick Santelli is a PUNK who needs to MAN UP!
Rick Santelli is quickly proving what type of simple PUNK he is. As you know he gained notoriety for his rant against the housing bailout plan and called for a "Chicago Tea Party" on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange live on CNBC. However when White House spokesman Robert Gibbs needled Santelli during a recent press briefing the CNBC correspondent freaked out.
This morning on the TODAY SHOW he denied saying the White House threatened him when Matt Lauer called him out on it, only to imply they were threatening him later in the same segment. He also threw his wife under the bus by claiming one of the reasons he felt threatened
was because his wife and friends felt he was threatened.
Oh yeah, he is also upset the White House press corps laughed at him when Gibbs made a joke about him and coffee.
On Monday this week he whined to Roe Conn of WLS-AM during a phone interview, claiming that the White House was trying to intimidate him and threaten his First Amendment rights.
"A press secretary of calling me out by name, asking where I live is a little bit scary," cried Santelli to Conn. "I think that the issue with Mr. Gibbs, I really think that was reprehensible that in country like America no matter who you vote for I think freedom of the press asking questions shouldn't be viewed and reporters shouldn't be called out by name by any administration in the United States of America."
Santelli is a joke. If he is going to throw bombs he has to be prepared for incoming fire, even if it is from the White House. He must have flunked high school civics because the First Amendment does not prohibit the White House from responding when criticized. Since his rant on the CME floor he has continued his battle with the White House, if his freedom of speech were truly being threatened then they would have shut him up a long time ago.
The fact that he is upset that members of the media were laughing at him shows how much of a little weasel he is. He can dish it out, but he obviously can't take it.
This morning on the TODAY SHOW he denied saying the White House threatened him when Matt Lauer called him out on it, only to imply they were threatening him later in the same segment. He also threw his wife under the bus by claiming one of the reasons he felt threatened
was because his wife and friends felt he was threatened.Oh yeah, he is also upset the White House press corps laughed at him when Gibbs made a joke about him and coffee.
On Monday this week he whined to Roe Conn of WLS-AM during a phone interview, claiming that the White House was trying to intimidate him and threaten his First Amendment rights.
"A press secretary of calling me out by name, asking where I live is a little bit scary," cried Santelli to Conn. "I think that the issue with Mr. Gibbs, I really think that was reprehensible that in country like America no matter who you vote for I think freedom of the press asking questions shouldn't be viewed and reporters shouldn't be called out by name by any administration in the United States of America."
Santelli is a joke. If he is going to throw bombs he has to be prepared for incoming fire, even if it is from the White House. He must have flunked high school civics because the First Amendment does not prohibit the White House from responding when criticized. Since his rant on the CME floor he has continued his battle with the White House, if his freedom of speech were truly being threatened then they would have shut him up a long time ago.
The fact that he is upset that members of the media were laughing at him shows how much of a little weasel he is. He can dish it out, but he obviously can't take it.
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