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LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was against the terms of the Russia/Georgia cease-fire, brokered by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy. It was directly in contravention of the request not to do it from President George W. Bush of the United States. But Russia's President Dimitri Medvedev has gone and done it anyway. He has made Russia the first country to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says it has recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

So does that, as some of the more fevered commentators are suggesting, amount to a new Cold War? It certainly ratchets up the East-West tension still further. It breaks the terms of a cease-fire which insisted Georgia's territorial integrity should be respected. Russia's announcement that it will station troops in the two territories to ensure their "security", a word others might spell as "subservience", is a direct provocation.

It is, says Georgia, an illegal "annexation". Other European nations have hastened to condemn it as an unacceptable rewriting of borders by force. What do you think of Russian recognition?

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, currently in the Middle East, points out that it is in contravention of U.N. Security Council resolutions that the Russians have accepted. Sarkozy has called a meeting of EU leaders for Monday to look at Georgia and at future relations with Russia.

But before we start talking about a new Cold War -- and Western leaders from Bush down are being careful not to do so-- we should examine the context.

After the military action initiated by Georgia early in August, there never was a chance that South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which have in effect been independent since the early 1990s, would return to control by Tblisi. Applying a blowtorch isn't necessarily the best way of settling what had become known as "frozen conflicts". Russia has long been in a position to bully and has now been given the excuse to do so.

For years the two disputed territories have survived on Russian military and economic assistance. Although Abkhazia seeks fuller independence, a large number of South Ossetians, perhaps 70 or 80 per cent of them, have Russian passports and would vote for membership of the Russian Federation. Both disputed territories use the rouble.

But this isn't, and never has been, just about Georgia. It is about the reassertion of regional power by a country which had smarted for years over the collapse of the Soviet Union and the eastward march of NATO, swallowing up former members of the Warsaw Pact.

What we are seeing is a resurgent Russia currently prepared to strut the beach kicking sand in everybody's eyes and defying any affronted party to take them on.

When NATO leaders met in the wake of the invasion of Georgia and came up with nothing more concrete than the "suspension of normal relations", the weakness of a divided West was all too obvious to Putin and Medvedev. They have now taken the next step down the line of provocation. "Scrap the NATO-Russia Council altogether and see if we care!" is the message.

And, playing as the back-beat sub-theme through all this is the question of Kosovo, a question which looks very different according to whether you are seated in Moscow, Belgrade, Brussels or Washington.

"If it was right for the Kosovar Albanians to be given the right to declare independence from Serbia, then why shouldn't the people of South Ossetia be allowed to choose separation from Tblisi?" demand the Medvedev-Putin supporters in the Russian Parliament.

"Ah yes," some say, "but what about those threats from Moscow to turn Russian missiles against Poland now that the Poles have agreed to host the anti-missile batteries for the US missile defense plan? Isn't that a dangerous new escalation?"

Again, it depends where you are sitting.

"How would Washington like it if the Russians were to stage anti-missile batteries in Mexico?" is Moscow's answer.

What seems to be forgotten amid the current rhetorical battle is that the threats to make Poland a target for Russian missiles are nothing new. Before the G8 summit back in 2007, Putin got the world in a tizzy with precisely the same threats, at that stage being used to stir Polish domestic opposition to the idea of hosting the missile battery.

In October 2007, Putin said the missile plan risked becoming a new Cuban missile crisis, probably the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. Then, during an election, he threatened to point missiles at western Europe, walk away from a 1980s treaty limiting missiles and scrap a treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe (which Russia has since done).

First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, then seen as Putin's potential successor, threatened to site cruise missiles in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. General Nikolai Saltsov, then in charge of Russia's ballistic arsenal, said last December: "I do not exclude the missile defense shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic being chosen as targets for our intercontinental ballistic missiles."

The big problem for the West (and especially next Monday's meeting of EU leaders, who need to make a more effective job of it than NATO's foreign ministers did last week), is just how to respond to Russia's current bout of strutting without making things worse-- and how to do it without cutting off their own noses in the process.

They could agree to make it harder for Russia to join the World Trade Organisation. They could even threaten to eject Russia from the G8. But what do they gain by doing so, especially those of them in the EU who depend on Russia for a hefty chunk of their energy supplies?

For years the West has been trying to draw Russia in, not push it further out into the cold. They need Russia's cooperation on climate change, on fighting terrorism, on achieving peace in the Middle East and on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions. And, let it not be forgotten, in keeping open NATO's supply routes for its mission in Afghanistan.

The West is not ready to go to war over Russia's neighbors (or "near abroad" as Moscow terms it) but it does still have a role to play in the Russian economy. The EU may be dependent on Russian energy but it is also Russia's biggest customer.

It should use the economic levers it has, refuse to allow the Russians to pick off individual members with bilateral deals and learn to use its collective strength in demanding common standards of its fellow G8 member.

The worst thing it could do is to utter threats which it will not, or cannot, follow through.

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text: Russia

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text: Russians

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text: idea

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text: missile

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text: since

text: done

text: First

text: Deputy

text: Prime

text: Minister

text: Sergei

text: Ivanov

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text: seen

text: as

text: Putin

text: 's

text: potential

text: successor

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text: missiles

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text: Russian

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text: Lithuania

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text: of

text: Russia

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text: December

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text: do

text: not

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text: missile

text: defense

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text: the

text: Czech

text: Republic

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text: ballistic

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text: problem

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text: West

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text: especially

text: next

text: Monday

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text: meeting

text: of

text: EU

text: leaders

text: who

text: need

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: more

text: effective

text: job

text: of

text: it

text: than

text: NATO

text: 's

text: foreign

text: ministers

text: did

text: last

text: week

text: is

text: just

text: how

text: to

text: respond

text: to

text: Russia

text: 's

text: current

text: bout

text: of

text: strutting

text: without

text: making

text: things

text: worse--

text: and

text: how

text: to

text: do

text: it

text: without

text: cutting

text: off

text: their

text: own

text: noses

text: in

text: the

text: process

text: They

text: could

text: agree

text: to

text: make

text: it

text: harder

text: for

text: Russia

text: to

text: join

text: the

text: World

text: Trade

text: Organisation

text: They

text: could

text: even

text: threaten

text: to

text: eject

text: Russia

text: from

text: the

text: But

text: what

text: do

text: they

text: gain

text: by

text: doing

text: so

text: especially

text: those

text: of

text: them

text: in

text: the

text: EU

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text: on

text: Russia

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text: a

text: hefty

text: chunk

text: of

text: their

text: energy

text: supplies

text: For

text: years

text: the

text: West

text: has

text: been

text: trying

text: to

text: draw

text: Russia

text: in

text: not

text: push

text: it

text: further

text: out

text: into

text: the

text: cold

text: They

text: need

text: Russia

text: 's

text: cooperation

text: on

text: climate

text: change

text: on

text: fighting

text: terrorism

text: on

text: achieving

text: peace

text: in

text: the

text: Middle

text: East

text: and

text: on

text: curbing

text: Iran

text: 's

text: nuclear

text: ambitions

text: And

text: let

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text: not

text: be

text: forgotten

text: in

text: keeping

text: open

text: NATO

text: 's

text: supply

text: routes

text: for

text: its

text: mission

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: The

text: West

text: is

text: not

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text: to

text: go

text: to

text: war

text: over

text: Russia

text: 's

text: neighbors

text: or

text: near

text: abroad

text: as

text: Moscow

text: terms

text: it

text: but

text: it

text: does

text: still

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text: a

text: role

text: to

text: play

text: in

text: the

text: Russian

text: economy

text: The

text: EU

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text: be

text: dependent

text: on

text: Russian

text: energy

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: also

text: Russia

text: 's

text: biggest

text: customer

text: It

text: should

text: use

text: the

text: economic

text: levers

text: it

text: has

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text: to

text: allow

text: the

text: Russians

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text: bilateral

text: deals

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text: learn

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text: its

text: collective

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text: common

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text: its

text: fellow

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text: worst

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text: could

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question: Who opposes the decision?

answer: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

text: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

question: What is the worst the West could do?

answer: is to utter threats which it will not, or cannot, follow through.

text: is to utter threats which it will not, or cannot, follow through.

question: President signs order recognizing what?

answer: independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

text: independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

question: What Russian President signed an order ?

answer: Dimitri Medvedev

text: Dimitri Medvedev

question: What is the worst that the west could do?

answer: utter threats which it will not, or cannot, follow through.

text: utter threats which it will not, or cannot, follow through.

question: The Russian president signed the order recognizing independence of which territories?

answer: South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

text: South Ossetia and Abkhazia.


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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Latino immigrants living in Suffolk County, New York, have been living in an environment of intolerance and attacks against them, a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center said.

The atmosphere of intolerance is stoked in part by anti-immigrant groups, an indifferent police department, and county leaders themselves, according to the report.

The law center, which researches and keeps tabs on hate groups, became interested in the Long Island county after the November 8, 2008, murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant in Patchogue, New York. Prosecutors allege that the killers were a group of teenagers who targeted Latinos as part of a sport they called "beaner-hopping."

After four months of research in Suffolk County that included interviews with more than 70 Latino immigrants, 30 local religious leaders and other community leaders, the law center said it found a pattern of ethnic intolerance going back 10 years.

Low-level harassment of Latinos in Suffolk County is common, the report said.

"They are regularly taunted, spit upon and pelted with apples, full soda cans, beer bottles and other projectiles," the report said.

Latino residents riding bikes have been run off the road and others have been beaten with baseball bats or shot at with BB guns, the report said.

"Our feeling is that what we found is really the tip of a very ugly iceberg," Mark Potok, who edited the report, said at a news conference Wednesday. "We were told stories that are absolutely hair-raising."

The findings point to a disturbing larger trend, the report said.

The situation in Suffolk "is a microcosm of a problem facing the entire United States, where FBI statistics suggest a 40 percent rise in anti-Latino hate crimes between 2003 and 2007," the report said.

Tuesday night in Patchogue, the same city where Lucero was killed, a church frequented by Latinos was vandalized with anti-Mexican graffiti, Potok said.

The climate of fear in Suffolk County was created in part by anti-immigration voices that found sympathetic ears in the area, according to the report.

Anti-immigrant groups, such as the now-defunct Sachem Quality of Life, "heavily influenced the tone for public discourse on immigration in the area," the report said.

This stance was adopted by county leaders themselves, the law center said.

In August 2001, county legislator Michael D'Andre said that if his community were "attacked" by Latino day laborers, "we'll be up in arms; we'll be out with baseball bats."

In March 2007, another county legislator, Elie Mystal, said of Latino day laborers looking for work, "If I'm living in a neighborhood and people are gathering like that, I would load my gun and start shooting, period."

Both men later apologized for their remarks, according to news reports.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who was also criticized in the report for employing measures seen as anti-immigrant, responded to the report Wednesday with a list of facts he says were distorted or taken out of context by the law center.

For instance, a statement in the report that raids evicted day laborers from their homes in Suffolk County was distorted, Levy's office said. The action in question affected a condemned house where 60 people were living in hazardous conditions, the statement said.

The law center's contention that Levy tried to downplay the significance of the Lucero murder was a misrepresentation of a comment the executive made to a reporter, the statement said.

The law center report also said Latinos who had suffered harassment and crimes against them seldom reported them to police because they seemed indifferent.

"Many said police did not take their reports of attacks seriously, often blaming the victim instead," the report said.

The law center recommended that police receive training to take hate-motivated crimes more seriously, and that area leaders avoid language that could be conducive to inciting violence against immigrants.

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question: Who studied New York county after the slaying?

answer: Southern Poverty Law Center

text: Southern Poverty Law Center

question: Who is being "regularly taunted, spit upon and pelted" with objects?

answer: Latino immigrants

text: Latino immigrants

question: Who's death are prosecutors calling a race crime?

answer: murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant in Patchogue, New York.

text: murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant in Patchogue, New York.

question: What does law center spokesman say?

answer: found a pattern of ethnic intolerance going back 10 years.

text: found a pattern of ethnic intolerance going back 10 years.

question: What year was an Ecuadorian immigrant killed?

answer: 2008,

question: Who was killed in '08?

answer: Marcelo Lucero,

text: Marcelo Lucero,

question: Who are "regularly taunted, spit upon and pelted"?

answer: Latinos in Suffolk County

text: Latinos in Suffolk County

question: What does the report say happens to Latinos?

answer: "They are regularly taunted, spit upon and pelted with apples, full soda cans, beer bottles and other projectiles,"

text: "They are regularly taunted, spit upon and pelted with apples, full soda cans, beer bottles and other projectiles,"


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(CNN) -- A slaying spree spread across two southern Alabama towns left 10 people dead Tuesday. The gunman then took his own life.

Mayors Wynnton Melton, left, of Geneva, Alabama, and Clay King of Samson, Alabama, speak with CNN.

CNN "American Morning" anchor Kiran Chetry spoke with the mayors of the two towns on Wednesday. They are Mayor Wynnton Melton of Geneva, Alabama, and Clay King of Samson, Alabama.

Kiran Chetry, CNN anchor: Police have identified the gunman who they say went on a killing spree in southern Alabama yesterday afternoon. They say Michael McClendon murdered 10 people, including his own mother, his grandparents, an aunt, an uncle, along with a sheriff's deputy's wife and child. And these are crime scenes now spread out across two small towns this morning. And their mayors join us now, Wynnton Melton of Geneva, Alabama, and Clay King of Samson, Alabama.

Mayor King, let me start with you. ... You knew all of the victims and also the shooting suspect who took his own life as well. What can you tell us about the situation this morning, Mayor King?

Mayor Clay King, Samson, Alabama: Well, the whole community is still in shock. Like I said, we know, I personally know everyone that is involved, both the shooter and the victims. And that makes it more difficult to have to deal with.  Watch the mayors talk of the tragedy Â»

Chetry: And Mayor King, you say you coached him, along with your own sons in T-ball, in Little League, and that you would have never had any idea that he could have done something like this. Is there any motive that people are talking about this morning?

King: No, ma'am. At this time, I don't think anybody has any idea of what the motive is. And yes, I did. I coached the shooter's -- I coached him in both T-ball and in Little League baseball along with my two sons.

Chetry: And Mayor Melton, I want to ask you about this situation. I mean, this turned -- it appears from the beginning, this shooter targeted people within his own family. After that, it turned into really a random shooting spree. He had a semiautomatic, according to police, and he was firing at random until the sheriffs were able to corner him at this place of business. What are you learning about just how dire the circumstances were and how law enforcement was able to respond the way they did?

Mayor Wynnton Melton, Geneva, Alabama: That is correct. And the response was very quick. He was intercepted in Geneva by one of our officers, and then the chief of police arrived at the scene. Both of those received fire from the assailant. The chief of police was nicked in the arm, not very seriously.

The pursuit went on to the metal fabrication plant, Reliable, where an exchange of gunfire occurred in the parking lot. The suspect went into the building and took his own life there inside the building, which probably had around 400 people working at the time. But no injuries there at all, in the building. He took his own life at that point.

Chetry: And Mayor King, it's also just so ironic that one of the sheriff's deputies who was actually responding to the call of this emergency going on, it was his wife and one of his children killed, and his second child also airlifted to a hospital in Florida. What is going on with that situation? How did that family become involved in any way in this shooting?

King: They just happened to be over across the street visiting with the family.

Chetry: The family, the grandfather, grandmother, uncle and aunt who were out on the porch?

King: Right, right.

Chetry: So, just an unfortunate circumstance. So, besides his family, you guys are investigating this, or your authorities are, as a random act? I mean, I know that this is going to be tough for you guys because these crime scenes are spread out over both towns, so many different locations. How are you tackling this?

King: Well, we're very fortunate. We received a call from the governor this afternoon. And they have -- we've got the department of public safety here, ABI, ABC, FBI. We've got surrounding agencies that have come over to assist us. And that's how we're, you know, handling it. ABI is actually leading the investigation at this time.

Chetry: And Mayor Melton, how's the community reacting to this news? I'm sure they are learning more details, and it just gets more horrific as you find out how many people lost their lives.

Melton: It's still in shock. I think the community is handling it very well. But they're still in shock. We just feel here in our rural, Southern comfortable communities that things like this just don't happen. But unfortunately, they do.

And that's the major topic of discussion, that we are not shielded. Being small doesn't keep you from the problems of the rest of the world. And it's just a matter of comforting each other and a lot of discussions, a lot of prayers for the family here in Samson.

Chetry: Absolutely. Our prayers are with you guys, too. A real tough morning there. Mayors King and Melton, thanks so much for joining us this morning.

King: Thank you.

Melton: Thank you, ma'am.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British government announced Friday that more than 4,000 former Gurkha soldiers are entitled to settle in Britain, but Gurkha supporters quickly denounced the measure as meaningless.

Former Gurkha solider Tulbahadur Pun was awarded Britain's highest honor for bravery, the Victoria Cross.

Supporters have fought for years for more rights for the Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers who have been part of the British Army for nearly 200 years.

Gurkhas have fought alongside the British Armed Forces in every conflict in that period, including both world wars, and are known for their ferocity and pride.

Despite their centuries of service, Gurkhas were not given the right to settle in the United Kingdom until 2004.

And even then the order applied only to those discharged after the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, when the Gurkhas Brigade moved from Hong Kong to Britain.

The government's announcement Friday applies to all Gurkhas, including those who left the army before 1997, if they meet one of five criteria.

It also says around 6,000 of the Gurkhas' dependents may be able to apply for settlement in Britain as well.

"The guidance honors the service, commitment, and gallantry of those who served with the Gurkhas Brigade," Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said in a written statement.

The Gurkha Justice Campaign, however, said the government's criteria for the Gurkhas' resettlement are unrealistic and too difficult for many of the soldiers to meet.

"Only a tiny fraction of the Gurkhas who retired before 1997 will win settlement rights under the new policy," the campaign said.

"The campaign for full Gurkha justice will now be taken back into Parliament and the courts. The government needs to know they will have a huge campaign against them who will commit to righting this wrong."

The High Court ruled last September that the 1997 cut-off date was fair, but added that caseworkers needed revised guidance on deciding the cases of Gurkhas discharged before that date.

Under the guidance, Gurkhas discharged before 1997 must meet one of five criteria to be considered for resettlement in Britain:

â¢ Have three years' continuous residence in Britain, before or after service; â¢ Have close family settled in the United Kingdom; â¢ Have an award for gallantry, leadership, or bravery while in the brigade; â¢ Have a chronic medical condition attributable to or made worse by army service; â¢ Have served for 20 or more years.

Actress Joanna Lumley, whose father served in the Gurkhas while she was a girl, has been an outspoken campaigner for their rights. She said the new criteria are harsher than she expected.

"They've given five bullet points which virtually cannot be met by the ordinary Gurkha soldier," Lumley told reporters Friday. "This one page of criteria has taken the government four months to come up with. It has made me ashamed of our administration."

She said most Gurkhas are allowed to stay in the United Kingdom for only two years, so three years of continuous residence is not possible. Most Gurkhas, she said, also have not been allowed to settle in Britain with their families.

The requirement for having won an award discriminates against the ordinary soldier who has no award, she said.

"This sends out not only to the Gurkha soldiers, but to our own men fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most appalling message: that unless you have been awarded a medal for gallantry, you're not a real soldier," Lumley said.

Only officers are allowed to serve 20 or more years, she said, so most riflemen will not qualify for the service requirement. And proving that an injury is related to army service will be nearly impossible for most, she said.

"How on earth are men who were injured in the 1940s, '50s, '60s going to be able to prove that their long-term chronic illness is attributable to injures received during their service?" she said.

A Home Office spokesman said the government believes hundreds of Gurkhas will still be eligible to settle in Britain.

"We would not accept that," the spokesman said of Lumley's criticisms. "We would say that the criteria as we see it is fair and balanced."

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(CNN) -- By most accounts, the showdown was pretty brutal.

Many declared Jon Stewart, right, the victor in his face-to-face with Jim Cramer on "The Daily Show."

Many watching Thursday night's "Daily Show" on Comedy Central felt that comedian-turned-media-critic Jon Stewart held bombastic financial guru and CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer's feet to the fire.

And Cramer flinched.

Stewart, known for his zany, satirical take on the news, was serious as he took Cramer's network to task for what Stewart viewed as their "cheerleading" of corporations at the heart of the nation's current economic crisis.

And despite the title of his financial show, Cramer came off as less mad and more apologetic.  Watch Stewart vs. Cramer Â»

"If it was a prize fight, they would have stopped it," said Howard Kurtz, the "Washington Post" media critic and host of CNN's "Reliable Sources." "I was stunned that Jim Cramer kind of did a rope-a-dope strategy and didn't really defend himself against Jon Stewart's assault."

Kurtz is very familiar with the style of both men.

He has appeared on "The Daily Show" and is the author of "The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation," in which Cramer is featured.

Kurtz said Stewart "made clear at the outset that he wasn't going for laughs" and displayed very much the same passion for holding the media accountable as he did when he appeared on, and denounced, CNN's "Crossfire." Watch the debate on "Reliable Sources"

"When I went on [Stewart's] show last year, he was so wound up in ripping the media that he went on for another 10 minutes, knowing full well that we were out of time," Kurtz said. "Stewart, as funny as he can be, is a very trenchant media critic who cares passionately about this stuff, and we saw that Thursday night."

iReporter David Seaman of New York said he was surprised at the vigor with which Stewart "attacked Cramer's credibility." Check out David's iReport

The public wants answers as to how the country got into such financial distress, and viewers really want someone to answer for the mess, Seaman said.

"People want to see a lot of the financial gurus on a shish kabob, being skewered," Seaman said. "It's really important to hold people accountable, and as we saw last night, Jon Stewart is a bit of a wild card, so if you aren't living up to expectations, he may call you out."

David Brancaccio, host and senior editor of "Now on PBS," commended Cramer for his bravery in going on the show, though he said he was surprised that the brilliant founder of TheStreet.com seemed ill-prepared for Stewart's very thoughtful questioning.

Brancaccio, the former host of American Public Media's "Marketplace" radio program, echoed the comments of many in that he found the exchange visibly uncomfortable for the usually showman-like Cramer.

"You have the comedian as journalist, and you have the financial journalist as clown, in that on his show, Cramer's goofing around and plays the clown," Brancaccio said. "What a role reversal."

Brancaccio said Stewart's show has emerged as an important vehicle for media criticism. Thursday night's show marked an important moment in journalism, especially financial reporting, Brancaccio said.

"It's really important that tough questions are asked, because when tough questions aren't asked, we end up with Enron," he said. "It's interesting that the tough questions came from Jon Stewart, brilliant comedian that he is."

Brancaccio thinks the episode may serve as a cautionary tale for those in the media who don't do their due diligence. White House approves of smackdown

"I don't think any financial journalist wants to be in Cramer's position," Brancaccio said. "I think [journalists] may redouble their efforts to be dispassionate reporters asking the tough questions."

Steve Krakauer is associate editor of TVNewser.com, one of the leading blogs about the television news industry, and said comments at his site have been mixed about the show.

Although some thought it was one of the best interviews they had ever seen, others found Stewart arrogant and said his outrage might have been a bit staged.

Krakauer said the question now is where Cramer -- who has said he plans to make some changes to his show -- goes from here.

Krakauer said he doubts that there will be a complete overhaul of "Mad Money."

"I can't see things drastically changing," Krakauer said. " 'Mad Money' is one of the most successful shows on CNBC. Despite what has been written about Jim Cramer, the things he's gotten incorrect and the calls he has made, he's still popular and one of the most entertaining for people who are interested in that type of financial news."

If anything, Cramer's appearance on "The Daily Show" may have just stoked the flames. Comedy Central's Web site played it up with clips from the show that it called "an historic moment in basic cable."

The topic is such a hot one that Kurtz will lead "Reliable Sources" with it Sunday, with journalist Tucker Carlson, radio show host Stephanie Miller and "Baltimore Sun" television critic David Zurawik as guests.

"Beyond the entertainment value, and we are not above that, this is a really important moment for holding financial journalists accountable," Kurtz said. "It may have taken Jon Stewart to blow the whistle on some of the hype and shortsightedness at America's top business news channel, but those failings were repeated throughout the business press, which stumbled badly in reporting on what turned into a huge financial meltdown."

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question: Who did John Stewart interview on "The Daily Show"?

answer: Jim Cramer

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question: where was the debate?

answer: Thursday night's "Daily Show" on Comedy Central

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question: who's credibility was attacked?

answer: Jim Cramer

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question: who is seen as victor?

answer: Jon Stewart,

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question: What did Stewart attack?

answer: "attacked Cramer's credibility."

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question: What is Jim Cramer's profession?

answer: CNBC "Mad Money" host

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