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Originally Posted by zeek
This is the first I've heard of this, maybe because I don't watch TV.
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It was on the morning news because the French people were upset and the French leader wrote a letter to the Daily Show.
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Originally Posted by zeek
The different standards could be due to the fact that Barr was on network TV and Noah is on cable. They LITERALLY do have different standards. For example they can say f**k on cable TV but that word is censored on commercial broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox.
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No, that is without any doubt not what it is due to.
Paula Deen was fired from the Food Network
Phil Robertson was fired from Duck Dynasty, but fan revolt got him reinstated.
Anthony Cumia was fired from Opie and Andy, a Sirius radio show.
Don Yelton was fired for racist remarks he made on the Daily show.
All four of these were on cable TV shows, including the Daily Show.
Compare what Jimmy the Greek said which got him fired, essentially identical to what Trevor Noah said.
The only common factor for those who were fired and those who aren't is that if someone is white and says something racist they are fired, if they are black they aren't. You can even find articles justifying this where the claim is made that Blacks can be biased but not racist.
The Facts are this:
1. Trevor Noah has made a blatantly racist remark during his show. It offended those in France to the extent that the French leader even wrote a letter to the Daily show complaining about the racist tenor of the joke.
2. Noah's comment is virtually identical to the remark made by Jimmy the Greek which got him fired.
3. There are numerous examples of people getting fired from Cable TV for making racists remarks.
4. No sponsor has even hinted that they are pulling their support for the Daily Show.
5. No one is even suggesting that Trevor Noah be fired.
Why?