“ What Jon Stewart has done by exposing CNBC’s inversion of its fundamental responsibilities towards the public is significant, and sadly unique. But make no mistake, critics like Stewart cannot replace what networks like CNBC are meant to do. Hopefully, they can help shame them into accepting their responsibilities. But the state of journalism in America would not be so desperate if all we needed were more critics like Jon Stewart. What we need is for reporters do to our job better.
March 13, 2009
