The last episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired on Aug. 6. SO Stewart passed on the torch after 16 years of hosting. His successor, Trevor Noah aired his first episode on Monday and, like Stewart, Noah hosted a show filled with comedy engaging with current politics and international affairs.

Both declared a “war on bullshit,” which has resonated with the younger demographic of the United States. The Daily Show has found a way to engage young generations with the every day politics of this country through its satire and comedy; furthermore, it has taken its connection with the young audience a step further with its new, young South African host.

Our generation — the people who make up this younger audience — seeks information through different mediums; we are no longer waiting for the traditional nightly news host to inform us, but instead are looking at diverse sources that question government actions in order to formulate our own opinion.

Lester Holt, the first African-American solo anchor of NBC’s weekday network nightly newscast, stated, “It’s important that people turn on the TV and see people who look like themselves.” SO Young Americans want their struggles and stories to be explained to the rest of the country in order to make the issue matter beyond their smaller community.

By having hosts and anchors that we can connect to, be it because of their age, ethnicity or gender, we are brought closer to the anchors, and are probably more likely to tune into their show and listen to what they have to say. It brings us a connection to the news.

The younger and very diverse American generations are looking for personalities whom they can relate to and who discuss important issues, not only because the audience needs to hear about them but because they also affect them.

If the news we consume comes from a diverse group, we will easily gain different perspective and better understand the difficulties that others face. We can learn to understand the struggles by hearing it from people who are affected, instead of having someone trying to interpret what they think a community is struggling through.

Many of these diverse or satirical shows are less afraid to tackle the big issues like racism, immigration and gender inequality. They analyze and confront the important problems that sometimes lack attention in other networks.They are able to convey the opinion of those who have been marginalized.

Trevor Noah, as the new host of The Daily Show, used his status as an immigrant and African to express his opinion on some current political issues. As a young man of color, Noah can attract minorities, immigrants and young college students who might not be so familiar with the Daily Show.

Noah isn’t alone; Rachel Maddow has received much praise for her show on MSNBC which debuted in 2008. She joined a political spectrum that had been dominated by white men for long time. As a woman, she has the ability to give an opinion on women’s, LGBTQ and political issues that are influenced by her personal experience.

Not only do we need a diverse ethnic and cultural staff, but we need more intelligent, strong, female hosts as well. They can address the debates on equal-pay and health care that directly affect women. When I turn on the TV to hear about women’s struggle with equal pay, abortion laws, or education the news will resonate more with me if there is a woman explaining the issues.

A diverse staff can more effectively bring about a different audience and also spread the information the show strives to disperse into more communities. And while these shows are doing great jobs of diversifying the television landscape, we still need to see this transition occur on network news sources.

There has to be a connection between the viewers and the personality on the program. By diversifying news programs, whether they are traditional or satirical, we open the channels of communication with larger and more diverse communities.

One person has many ways of appealing to their audience in a personal way, but if we only have white men explaining the news and arguing for certain issues, then a less diverse American population will be able to connect to the personality on the TV screen.

Agueda is a senior in LAS.?

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