Jon Stewart Exposes the Bigger Ponzi Scam That is Wall Street/CNBC
Jon Stewart’s interview of Jim Cramer earlier tonight was a stunning indictment of the financial sector, the insider chicaneries of Wall Street, the complicity of financial networks like CNBC, and the overall sad state of affairs of corporate America. See art.
It is scary that the best reporting out there comes from a comedy show, while regular networks and publications have effectively sold out to corporate sponsors. One starts sounding like a conspiracy theorist or left wing radical, but when you listen to this stuff, it confirms some of the scarier theories! Just like you are not paranoid if you really are being followed, so too is the case that you are not wrong to suspect Wall Street’s transparency and integrity and to assume insiders are rigging it against ordinary investors.
Here are a couple of samples of good reporting:
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