Tag: Trevor Noah

  • Cut-off-their-water-Sarah Silverman hosts The Daily Show, show faces calls of boycott

    Cut-off-their-water-Sarah Silverman hosts The Daily Show, show faces calls of boycott

    Comedian Sarah Silverman drew the ire of the internet in October after she reshared a post slamming criticism of Israel cutting off Gaza’s water supply. She later deleted the post, claiming to be “stoned” when she reshared it on her Instagram account.

    On November 6, it was announced that Silverman is set to return from Monday as the new host of The Daily Show, replacing Hasan Minhaj. The announcement came on the heels of Minhaj being removed from hosting due to a misleading New Yorker article controversy. The article accused Minhaj of fabricating stories about racism. The comedian then posted a 30 minute long video sharing evidence of how the journalist writing the piece refused to use evidence provided by Minhaj to discredit him.

    READ MORE: Hassan Minhaj says New Yorker lied and he has the receipts

    Twitter users were appalled at the racism in American media that allows a brown Muslim comedian to be booted without any further thought due to a misleading, poorly fact-checked article, but a racist woman is offered a platform without consequence. As one user wrote:

    “Hasan Minhaj loses the daily show gig due to an inaccurate hit piece that mostly confirmed that he, like EVERY comedian, embellished stories for his stand-up. Sarah Silverman posted her support for the collective punishment of Gazans and gets to host. Islamophobia is reality.”

    Countless journalists and public figures were attacked and removed from their offices, many of whom were Jewish and Palestine supporters. But Twitter users were outraged at how racist women like Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman were granted platforms.

    Users called for the show to be boycotted.

    Many also brought up Silverman’s history of racism including wearing the blackface and imitating a black man for a skit.

  • From misinformation to targetting opponents: Uncanny similarities between Imran and Trump’s coronavirus statements

    From misinformation to targetting opponents: Uncanny similarities between Imran and Trump’s coronavirus statements

    As the global coronavirus pandemic continues to take toll across the globe, a video highlighting the uncanny similarities between statements by Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and United States (US) President Donald Trump — two leaders accused of “failing to deal with the outbreak” — regarding the novel virus, has gone viral over the internet.

    From spreading misinformation regarding the virus to saying things like “summers can heat kill coronavirus”, “there are no local cases”, “political opponents know nothing”, “our country is safer than others” and urging people “not to worry”, the video highlighting the similarities between the two leaders’ coronavirus statements has left many wondering “if they only translate each other’s statements”.

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    This isn’t the first time that the two global leaders have been trolled for being similar.

    Soon after the 2018 general election, US-based South African comedian Trevor Noah had branded Imran and Trump as ‘twins’, stressing that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s background story was “unnervingly similar” to that of Trump’s, wherein the two belonged to privileged families and were known for their good looks.

    Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” famed television host, who is known for never shying away from calling out world politics and the hypocrisy that it brings along, in an episode, had called Imran an “even more tan version of Trump”.

    The 34-year-old comedian had said that media also portrayed Imran and Trump similarly. A clip from the show featured a political commentator stating that Imran seemed to contradict himself during speeches just like the US president had also often been accused of.

    Among other things, Noah had also pointed out the similarities between Imran and Trunp’s speeches.