Eight examples of Jon Stewart at his most memorable - Detroit Free Press
There are too many great on-air moments provided by Jon Stewart to list them all. ? Using the favorite "Daily Show" tactic of hoisting political leaders with their own verbal petards, Stewart moderated a video-clip debate in 2003 between presidential candidate George W. Bush and sitting president George W. Bush. The skillfully edited reaction shots of President Bush disagreeing with White House hopeful Bush on issues like nation building. ? In the wake of the devastated economy of 2009, Stewart pummeled CNBC host Jim Cramer and his network for their hype-driven, softball coverage of the stock market. Like a cool, calm prosecutor, Stewart told a chastened Cramer that the network's coverage of stock market shenanigans felt like "a game that you know is going on, but that you go on television as a financial network and pretend isn't happening. The subsequent reluctance of Congress to provide health care for 9/11 responders suffering illnesses caused by their services angered him deeply and prompted him to repeatedly shame the legislators opposing it. Describing election-year... Source: www.freep.com
