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Trevor Noah: Partisan Media Has Separated Us Into 2 Different Worlds

“It’s just going to become worse, because we don’t live in the same world anymore.”

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Trevor Noah is in his final days at Comedy Central. The host of The Daily Show will leave his current role to pursue other projects, including more stand up comedy tours and producing a new docuseries.

On Wednesday night, he sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Wagner to discuss the media world he is leaving behind. 

Noah did not sound hopeful when discussing the state of the media and its effect on the public. He said partisan media has changed the way Americans consume news and that has had a palpable impact on society.

“It’s just going to become worse because we don’t live in the same world anymore. You know? We would all meet in one place, whether it was for the news. People would watch, whether it was Walter Cronkite or whoever it was, people would watch the same news and then argue about it.”

While the vast array of entertainment options in the world is often cited as a good thing, Trevor Noah views it as part of the larger societal fracture. He reminisced about watching Murder, She Wrote with his mother in South Africa and wondered if there are shows families or friends watch together anymore. He also noted that when he gets on the subway, he knows everyone is listening to or reading something different. They could be consuming completely different and opposing information about the very same subject.

“I think what that’s done is it’s created a hyper-individualistic society where we don’t realize we aren’t living in the same world and you can’t agree on anything if you don’t agree on the same world,” he said.

Trevor Noah will host his final episode of The Daily Show on December 8. A report from Deadline says that Comedy Central may take a very different approach to the show and switch from a single-host format to panels of comedians leading the entire show.

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Tucker Carlson Releases Second Twitter Video in Spite of Breach of Contract Claims

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Despite being told by Fox News that the launch of his video show on Twitter violated his contract, Tucker Carlson released the second installment of Tucker on Twitter Thursday.

After his 10-minute debut on Tuesday, his former employer reportedly sent him a letter informing him that any video content he creates is owned by Fox News and launching a new program on any competitor to Fox News would be considered a breach of contract.

In his second installment, Carlson did not reference the current contract dispute. The more than 12-minute long episode focused on “taboos” in American society, and why conservatives should “cling to them like their life depends on it”.

It has been reported that Fox News has offered to pay Carlson for the duration of his contract — which is believed to run through January of 2025 — to not produce any content. Carlson has rebuffed that offer, and obtained the services of attorney Bryan Freedman.

“Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events,” Freedman told Axios after being alerted to the notice from Fox News.

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Kaitlan Collins Unbothered By Criticism After Donald Trump Town Hall

“I felt like I did the best job that I could do. I went into it fully prepared.”

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Kaitlan Collins is speaking candidly for the first time since she moderated at CNN town hall event with former President Donald Trump.

During an appearance on The Axe Files podcast with CNN colleague David Axelrod, Collins said she was mostly unbothered by the reception she received for her performance during the event.

“I think that I did the best job that I could do. I spent weeks preparing for that, watched past town halls, past debates, I did my homework,” Collins said after being asked about the “unflattering” coverage surrounding her performance. “And I think when you come out of something like that…people are entitled to their own reaction to it. And we certainly saw that.”

Axelrod then asked if she had felt any of the critiques were personal in nature and whether or not they were difficult to absorb.

“My question for me at the end of the day is: Do I think that I did the best job that I can do? And how do I feel about my performance in that? And I felt like I did the best job that I could do. I went into it fully prepared. I was prepared for how he was going to respond to that and what that was going to look like. And I think that was the best that I could do. My job was to press him on those really important issues that he hasn’t been pressed on.”

The Axe Files host also asked Collins about her reaction to Trump calling her a “nasty” person, which she said she was prepared for.

“Always to women. I mean, not that he doesn’t criticize men or give them unflattering nicknames,” Collins said. “I’m very well aware of what his reactions to tough questioning often are. And I think my job is to not be deterred by that. It is really important for any reporter, but especially if you’re covering Trump, to be unflappable in that way.”

Collins was the subject of much criticism for her performance in the event. Reaction was mostly mixed along party affiliation, with conservatives lambasting the combative nature she showed with the former President, while liberals pointed to the difficult position the 31-year-old was placed in by now former CNN CEO Chris Licht.

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Sean Hannity Hosting Sitdown With California Governor Gavin Newsom

Newsom has not appeared on Fox News for a long-form interview since 2010, when he was serving as the Mayor of San Francisco.

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Fox News primetime host Sean Hannity will present a sitdown interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) next week.

The interview will take place at the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento and will discuss topics like immigration, the economy, the 2024 presidential election, and the current state of democratic politics.

The announcement of Hannity’s interview with Newsom comes on the heels of the California governor announcing a proposed 28th Amendment. Newsom’s proposition is aimed at gun control, and would look to raise the minimum age of purchase to 21, mandate background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases, and would ban civilian purchases of assault weapons.

Newsom has not appeared on Fox News for a long-form interview since 2010, when he was serving as the Mayor of San Francisco.

Hannity’s sitdown interview will air on Monday, June 12th at 9:00 PM ET. On the same evening, CNN is scheduled to air a Republican town hall event with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. That program — moderated by Anderson Cooper — is slated to begin at 8:00 PM ET.

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