Once again, comics and the artisans of comedy are the best truth-tellers. The Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart proved brialliant earlier this year in calling-out CNBC’s so-called “ahead of the curve” financial “news” personalities for their abscense of accountability in the lede up to the banking crisis and the global economic crisis that followed. Now, Saturday Night Live (SNL) deadpanned U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the reality behind the ruse of the bank stress tests. Your hard-earned money may be more at risk than you’re being led to believe. There is, afterall, truth in comedy. The video clip is eloquent in its simplicity. You must see it!
And when you’re finished viewing the video clip above, check-out this article in today’s New York Times titled, After the Stress Test.
