Trevor Noah on fake news and Donald Trump (HARDtalk) - BBC News

do you feel that you in some way do use mockery fake incred incredulity and exaggeration that perhaps you're treading a fine line yourself I don't think so because we are operating in the space of news parody and satire when you talk about fake news the biggest difference is it never tells you that it is fake news we let you know from the beginning we are on Comedy Central uh I tell you from the very get-go who I am there is no facade so when you come to our show one thing we do maintain is factual accuracy and that is a standard and a legacy that I've inherited from John Stewart and I keep it and I keep it not because of moral High Ground I keep it because I believe the best jokes are based in truth and so when you're truth Foundation is solid you will find that your jokes connect with more people are you not contributing to that kind of echo chamber effect cuz now we're seeing that you know there are a lot of there's a lot of personal invective on social media traditional media very polarized opinions are you perhaps becoming part of that by you are you are implicitly a part of it though how do you not be a part of it I'll tell you one way uh you can be you cannot be a part of it is by trying to operate a space in a space where you are completely neutral devoid of all opinion and giving everybody an equal platform to share their views often times what we've seen is all you're doing when you do this is you are giving a platform to either hate speech or to divisive rhetoric that is Extreme and the middle keeps getting pushed over to the right so when you look at conversations that are had so for instance when someone's going to be on CNN saying are Jews people and then you like are we having this disc you're going to give that person a view so if I come and I say the world is squared do I deserve a platform when I go against science do I deserve a platform when I go against things that we know why are we still giving these people a platform the truth is we do it because we want want to maintain the appearance of impartiality but the news then loses it Focus because the news should be fact driven am I am I correct no no no you you answer that should you not be fact driven yeah is free fact is sacred is what we always say then might become opinion sure okay but do you feel now that you're concerned that there is right-wing rhetoric and power now combined and I'm thinking of Steve Bannon who was um is now going to be appointed Chief strategist to Donald Trump at the White House chairman of Breitbart News the conservative website where one headline said the Confederate flag proclaims a glorious Heritage and of course the Confederate flag was was used by the southern um States the slave owning states are you worried then now about that combination between rightwing rhetoric definitely because essentially Donald Trump may not be saying it using his words but the people he's surrounding himself with Echo the sense that he is not creating an inclusive America does not plan to be a president that unifies America and said he wants to unify America and he you know I'm not saying that he himself has got far right views I'm just saying that there are those from the far right who have hailed his victory yes but you see this is this is interesting because look at you now as a news person you are in the uncomfortable position where you have to appear to not say anything that implies anything even though it is laid out before so I ask you this question you will go somebody is not racist nor are they no no no I'm just saying if you say I'm saying as an example someone goes you you are not far right you're not but I go but if you surround yourself with those people if you are at meetings with these people if these people are having events where they are hiling if they are if if if the rhetoric that is around you completely is that are you not that I'm just saying that there are those of the far right who are using his victory legitimize their discourse

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Length: 4min 2sec (242 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 14 2016