Jim Cramer, CNBC host of Mad Money ,  plans to appear on The Daily Show Thursday, in the midst of an escalating feud between Cramer and the Comedy Central show's host, Jon Stewart . Jim Cramer has been the only CNBC employee to publicly respond to Daily Show segments strongly criticizing the television business news channel's financial coverage during the growing global recession , particularly focusing on specific remarks by made by Cramer. Jon Stewart , host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show , which has produced a number of strong critiques of CNBC 's news coverage in recent days.The feud began on March 4, when The Daily Show aired an eight-minute clip lampooning CNBC. The comedy news show featured several clips of pundits, focusing particularly on predictions or reports by CNBC reporters that The Daily Show argued were overly optimistic or too strongly slanted in favor of the companies being discussed. In one clip, a CNBC host reported Merrill Lynch said it would not need capital, which The Daily Show followed with a list of billions in bailout money the financial services firm has required since September. In another clip, Jim Cramer is shown allegedly affirming "Your money is safe in Bear Sterns ", followed by a Daily Show statement that the global investment bank went under six days later. The following day on March 10, Cramer responded again during a Tuesday appearance on the Today show , saying, "[Jon Stewart] is a comedian, and he's decided to focus on some calls I made during a bull market. The guy is a comedian. Did I make a mistake? First of all, any time you recommend a stock and it goes down, you've made a mistake. Here's a shocker: Almost every stock is down! Any stock you recommended is bad. You know, Warren Buffett , I could run tapes from him, he would look like a complete fool." The feud between The Daily Show and CNBC generated a significant amount of attention in the mainstream media. The Associated Press called the first Daily Show bit a "brutal takedown" of CNBC. Other publications, like New York magazine , defended CNBC, writing, "We doubt there's a single news outlet that hasn't made a misstatement regarding the economy in the past year." The Thursday Daily Show sketch ran the same day CNBC reporter Rick Santelli was scheduled to appear on the show, to discuss his vocal criticisms of President Barack Obama's plans for dealing with foreclosures. Santelli cancelled the appearance, but Daily Show executives said the CNBC montage was not retaliatory and that they planned to show it before the cancellation was announced.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC host of Mad Money
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The Daily Show
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Jon Stewart
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global recession
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Jon Stewart
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The Daily Show
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CNBC
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Merrill Lynch
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Bear Sterns
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Today show
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Warren Buffett
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New York magazine
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Rick Santelli
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