Ps. I've added a timelime of this historic smackdown for those who wonder how it all started.
Guys, the damage was more than I could have predicted. Last night I missed the entire show. It was a busy week for me so in fact I missed the entire timeline of the back-and-forth. But, i saw a diary on it late last night. I followed up on AP and CNN and immediately noticed that the reporters seemed to agree that Cramer had been well, creamed. I sensed that it would dominate the media coverage if the stock market didn't tumble on Friday.
For example this is what CNN said about the exchange in its late Thursday summary:
Stewart, whose acerbic brand of satire centers largely on the political news of the day, has held Cramer’s frenetic, nearly cartoonish stock-advice show, "Mad Money," and other CNBC programming up as examples of an anything-goes attitude that contributed to the financial collapse.
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