Trevor Noah had barely endured 12 hours of conservative criticism about his past Twitter comments when the left began to voice its outrage, as well. Liberal critics focused in particular on Noah’s jokes about women. Yet while both left and right seized on Noah’s Twitter feed, the spirit of criticism was not quite the same for each.
The left-wing Comedy Central released a statement Tuesday in defense of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” replacement Trevor Noah and a series of jokes that the likes of a Comedy Central would immediately condemn as racist if they were told by
Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart’s already embattled replacement as host of the left-wing Daily Show, used his verified Twitter account to respond the firestorm over a series of his older tweets that mocked Jews, Asians, women, and gays. The tweet read,
South African comedian Timothy Noah has been named to succeed Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Noah is talented and funny, and as a fellow native son of South Africa, I wish him well. Unfortunately, Noah is a mismatch for the show. Stewart would be a tough act to follow in any circumstances, but Noah lacks any obvious fluency in American politics or media, and his specialty in racial and ethnic humor suggest that his repertoire will remain limited.
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart spent a portion of Thursday night’s The Daily Show bashing Fox News, which in and of itself is not newsworthy. However, this time the soon-to-be retired host enlisted the help of director George Lucas.
Comedy Central has announced the March 30 airing of the Roast of Justin Bieber will not include jokes at the expense of late actor Paul Walker.
While B-list celebrities blasted pop star Justin Bieber for his errant ways at Saturday night’s Comedy Central Roast, the former teen sensation ended his evening on a note of humility.
On March 3, Comedy Central’s The Nighty Show with Larry Wilmore mocked Nevada Assemblywoman Michle Fiore (R) for wanting to arm women against sexual assault.
Dr. Christina Greer, a professor of Political Science at Fordham University said that the US is ” a patriarchal, white supremacist country” on Thursday’s “Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” on Comedy Central. In a discussion on black women being called
Shares of Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central, slid 1.5% on Wednesday after The Daily Show host Jon Stewart announced he would leave the program later this year.
Jon Stewart announced Tuesday that he will be leaving The Daily Show he has hosted on Comedy Central since 1999. The reaction from the media has been a gushing geyser of praise and, occasionally, an acknowledgement that his comedy mostly appealed to the far left.
Erstwhile comedian Jon Stewart will no longer helm Comedy Central’s flagship late-night program The Daily Show, the network has confirmed.
Jim Norton cites success and sponsors as reasons Comedy Central became more politically correct.
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart became the latest celebrity to climb aboard the anti-Rupert Murdoch bandwagon Monday night by referring to the media magnate as “his excellency from the republic of Media Conglomistad.”
On Thursday, Comedy Central aired the final episode of “The Colbert Report,” the 30-minute follow-up program to the network’s signature “The Daily Show” that had aired going back nine years. As part of the finale, a number of celebrities sent
In an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on Monday, President Barack Obama appeared as outgoing host Stephen Colbert’s guest from a live set in Washington, D.C. Obama used the segment sometimes reserved for Colbert’s “The Word” monologue, deemed
A local district attorney has taken Comedy Central host Jon Stewart to task for his comments in the wake of the Ferguson controversy, in which Stewart implied that police killed black suspects out of racial motives. San Bernadino County D.A.
Rosewater, the feature film directorial debut of Comedy Central’s Daily Show host Jon Stewart, is off to a good start both critically and commercially. The film tells the true story of Maziar Bahari, a London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist who traveled to
On Wednesday, comedian Arte Lange made a career-altering decision to go off on a sexually explicit Twitter tirade about what he wants to do to ESPN reporter Cari Champion. The tweets got him banned from ESPN and fired from his
Until racially-tinged Twitter jokes aimed at ESPN First Take host Cari Champion caused an uproar,comedian Artie Lange was scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s @Midnight. He will now be sitting home Thursday night. Lange tweeted a sexual fantasy involving himself as
In an excerpt from an upcoming interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour aired Tuesday afternoon, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart offered his predictions for the midterm elections. “We are talking as Americans go to an election, the midterms,
The stars of Key & Peele rejected President Obama’s proposal to advertise ObamaCare on their show because they were too busy. The President tried to wrangle more supporters for his flawed healthcare program and asked comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele if
From the Washington Post: The four die-hard Redskins fans thought the opportunity was as golden as the vintage helmets of their favorite football team: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” wanted them to appear on the Comedy Central program to
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert plugged Hillary Clinton’s book “Hard Choices” during her appearance on his show on Tuesday night. Clinton and Colbert engaged in a “name-dropping contest” after an intro monologue where Colbert pointed out the number of world
Any political humorist would be itching to interview Hillary Clinton at this point. Not only is the former Secretary of State wrapping up a disastrous book tour, her repeated claims about being financially troubled is prime comic fodder. Just ask
