fat chicks everywhere as if they were saying that. another from 2009 almost bumped a jewish kid crossing the road. he didn t look before crossing but i still would have felt so bad in my german car. end quote. since yesterday s announcement those tweets have been covered by new news outlets noting they re criticized for tweets more than a year ago. comedy central released a new state. he pushes boundaries. he is provocative and spares no one, himself included. to judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair. trevor is a talented comedian with a bright future at comedy central. to reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn t land is not a true reflection of my character nor my evolution as a comedian. is all of that enough to get the controversy? should this be a controversy?
the jokes weren t that good. reporter: he has plenty of supporters. one tweet, morons dig through comedian@trev comedian@trevornoah s back tweets. one critic says noah s biggest problem, most americans don t know who he is. this guy 24 hours ago was a relatively unknown guy in the united states. he d only bon jon stewart s show three times. and now he s going to be heading really the flooding the flagship show for comedy central. you can expect a great deal of scrutiny. reporter: comedy central is standing by their man saying trevor is a talented comedian with a bright future. trevor noah tweeted, to reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian. welcome to america, trevor, where the biggest sin is not being funny. the good news even jon stewart bounced back from death to smoochy.
wow, that honeymoon did not last long. just hours after being named jon stewart s successor for the daily show some trevor noah s older tweets have critics criticizing that selection. some are about jewish people some are about israel some are about women, some are about white women, some are about obese women. some are about women that he just shouldn t be tweeting about. for examples he tweeted that south africans know how to recycle like israel nows how to be peaceful. responding to the uproar noah tweeted, to reduce my views to a handful of jokes, that didn t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian. oh, my god.
daily show host is under fire just hours after the announcement that south african-born trevor noah would take over for jon tour later this year. he s facing major backlash over tweets he sent in the past making jokes about jews and women, including one that read quote behind every successful rap billionaire is a double as rich jewish man. legality this asp comedy central released a statement standing by noah, and quote to reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn t land is not a true reflection of my character thor my evolution as a comedian. john, your reaction? this they re going to crucify this guy for a couple jokes on twitter that didn t work then i deserve the electric chair. the fact is you cannot judge
itself apart almost like a zipper will pull itself apart as the rivets pop. you heard about the chicken coops in the distance. the plane, as the pieces came down through here, flat didn t out and draw it for you. somewhere in the neighborhood of about four to six miles from here through the chicken coop area and all the way back down here, missing a couple of towns that really weren t all that far away, but through here as they draw across. measure it one way and the other way. about four to six square miles. which means that this didn t land in one piece and pieces get thrown around. this landed in so many pieces, because the plane literally came apart in the skies, and rained down different pieces, different densities going farther, heavier densities going a lot farther. the lighter pieces, the wing and tail, seeing from chris cuomo s shot, not going quite as far. incredible. and such an incredible task by those investigators once they get on the ground, in which to try and cover a