Many are coming down hard on Fidel Castro on the occasion of his death, while others are tip-toeing around his brutal dictatorship diplomatically. Macro Rubio, for one, pulled several examples from Castro’s life to demonstrate that, yes, the official White House response to Castro’s death was pathetic.
Speaking of pathetic, whatever happened to comedy — the funny kind, that is? Despite having experience in improvisational comedy, Sarah Silverman and Al Franken crashed and burned hard at the Democratic National Convention when asked to stall for a bit as Paul Simon readied his performance. And on Saturday, Trevor Noah, who took over as host of “The Daily Show” after Jon Stewart’s departure, had a particularly unfunny (and untrue) response to critics of … Fidel Castro?
Who knows? Maybe Noah isn’t a fan of Castro, but he certainly wasn’t going to give Marco Rubio the pleasure of criticizing Castro as long as he considered Mike Pence a friend. What, exactly, is the connection there?
Well into the 1970s, #FidelCasto was imprisoning gays and long-haired young people in work camps.
Read more here: https://t.co/7tTXe8KYtp
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 26, 2016
And your friend Mike Pence supports electrocuting gay people to make them straight… https://t.co/rnsPgQShDJ
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) November 26, 2016
Um, what? At least Rubio was quoting from the Miami Herald, a respected publication which deals in “real news.”
@Trevornoah Moral equivalence, much? You can do better, surely.
— Hugo De Maertelaere (@hdmaert) November 26, 2016
@hdmaert not moral equivalence. Rubio using the gay cause when it suits his argument.
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) November 26, 2016
Sorry, not following. Maybe a deep dive into some “fake news” about Pence would clear this up. Or, just maybe, Noah could fact-check himself before lashing out on social media. This will be tough to spin as a “comedy bit,” seeing as the humor is utterly absent.
You're right. It's not moral equivalence. It's straight up lying. But by all means, keep it up. https://t.co/YmihUl2taU
— Will (@Oil_Guns_Merica) November 26, 2016
,@Trevornoah This is actually a lie. #FakeNews
— neontaster (@neontaster) November 26, 2016
This claim has been repeatedly debunked by fact checkers, including Snopes, but Noah will never learn even as he sneers at his targets. https://t.co/oELEIXezTO
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 26, 2016
Nope. Why do you never get anything right? https://t.co/Qt54N4COpZ
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 26, 2016
Seriously, if you ever watch Trevor Noah take on a subject you know something about, you end up deeply embarrassed.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 26, 2016
But sure, complain about “fake news” while this racks up retweets and shares. https://t.co/Qt54N4COpZ
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 26, 2016
.@Trevornoah This is entirely untrue and libelous.
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) November 26, 2016
@charlescwcooke @Trevornoah Fake news, again.
— Andrew Stuttaford (@AStuttaford) November 26, 2016
@charlescwcooke @Trevornoah literally took me two minutes to look on @snopes and see this isn't true and yet we give credence to this guy.
— Quincy McGee (@QuincyM) November 26, 2016
Kind of weird that Rubio criticizing a dictator for rounding up gay people made Noah angry enough to lash out with #fakenews https://t.co/aWy8uPV2Kl
— L (@OrwellForks) November 26, 2016
You look very silly lecturing other people while making claims that are completely false: https://t.co/Iv0Nhrsd5A https://t.co/CmiRSSGEnN
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 26, 2016
@AG_Conservative @snopes @Trevornoah how does this ass clown still have a TV show?
— Adam Hasner (@AdamHasner) November 26, 2016
@AdamHasner @Trevornoah No idea. Especially with ratings down 37% since Stewart left. You'd think he'd work to be funnier & less annoying.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 26, 2016
How many young voters got their fake news from outlets like “The Daily Show” when preparing to cast their first votes this fall? Not enough to drag Hillary across the finish line, but it’s still a frightening thought.
@charlescwcooke @Trevornoah He does fake news so we should probably assume he's always wrong, just be nice if he was funny once in a while.
— Paul Dykstra (@Padman4321) November 26, 2016
