Jon Stewart and personal responsibility

With all the ranting going on everywhere these days, I feel entitled to indulge in a rant of my own. My beef is with people who are unwilling to take responsibility for their actions. I will use as an example Jon Stewart’s public flogging of Jim Cramer about a month ago. Stewart is in the habit of engaging in serious discussions while hiding behind the cover of being a comedian. It would be just as ineffective if someone serious, such as Larry Summers or Alan Greenspan, were doing stand-up comedy while regularly reminding the audience that he is an economist and should therefore not be expected to be funny.