In a news brief about how the embattled CNBC cable channel is still touting Cramer, its beleaguered money guru, who was humiliated by Jon Stewart, the Times writes this [emphasis added]:

Mr. Stewart's criticisms of CNBC, delivered over many nights with the help of out-of-context video clips, included several that singled out Mr. Cramer, accusing him of promoting companies like Bear Stearns before they collapsed.

Out of context? That seems like a judgment call that the Times ought to stay away from. I can understand if CNBC wants to make that claim. But it sure seems weird for the newspaper to declare, as fact, that the CNBC clips that Comedy Central aired were out of context. By doing so, the Times is basically calling Stewart's CNBC critique a cheap shot.

UPDATE: CJR notes that the Times piece also lets CNBC's corporate boss Jeff Zucker spin at will.