‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out

nytimes.com - If an announcement of a presidential candidacy were as rocky as Comedy Central’s introduction of Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show” would have a field day with it.

Since Mr. Noah, a 31-year-old South African comic, was named to succeed Jon Stewart as that show’s host, he has been embroiled in a controversy over jokes he posted on Twitter about women and Jews that some viewed as offensive and others as merely lame. (He was the subject of a brief defense by Mr. Stewart.)

Now there’s a new dust-up: Russell Peters, a popular and well-traveled Canadian stand-up comic, called Mr.