Stewart Owned Cramer By Kevin Spak Posted Mar 13, 2009 11:10 AM CDT Copied Stewart Owned Cramer Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart go toe-to-toe. (Part 1) (eaj07003) Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart face off. (Part 2) (eaj07003) Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart go toe-to-toe. (contains strong language) (Part 3) (eaj07003) 1 of 3 Who won last night’s cable grudge match between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer? Let’s go to the scorecards: Stewart was the clear winner, clobbering his guest with “homespun, regular-guy relentlessness,” Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune. “Cramer didn’t know what hit him.” The weird part was that Cramer barely defended himself from “Crossfire Jon,” Howard Kurtz says in the Washington Post. “Cramer was playing rope-a-dope while Stewart swung away. It was a mismatch.” The so-called epic showdown “felt like a Senate subcommittee hearing,” says Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times. Stewart treated Cramer like a subpoenaed CEO, acting out “a cathartic ritual of indignation and castigation.” James Poniewozik, in Time, eschews the who-won debate. "Dance in the streets with Cramer's trophy head held aloft if you like,” he says—but this wasn’t some grudge match, it was a fascinating discussion about how American journalism works. “This song is about us.” Read These Next A "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel isn't happy to see Stephen Colbert go. Trump says Rupert Murdoch will pay for ignoring his demand. Sources say Trump's card to Epstein was signed in a strange place. See 1 photo Report an error