Zucker on Stewart: “Incredibly Unfair to CNBC and the Business Media”

By Chris Ariens 

NBCU president Jeff Zucker leapt to Jim Cramer’s defense this morning while speaking at the McGraw Hill Media Summit in New York.

B&C’s Claire Atkinson reports that Zucker described Jon Stewart’s evisceration of Cramer on his show last week as “incredibly unfair to CNBC and the business media.”

“CNBC is a spectacular organization and in particular Jim Cramer,” Zucker said.

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Related (1): Marketwatch.com’s Jon Friedman thinks CNBC’s woes “may open the door to its competitors.”

Related (2): In the Daily Beast, Tucker Carlson writes that there is “a virtual ban on criticism of Jon Stewart in the press.”

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