美ABC電視臺就"殺光中國人"言論道歉
Jimmy Kimmel Live found itself in hot water after a remark during the Kid’s Table section of the show when one youngster joked about ‘killing everyone in China’ and its network ABC has now apologised.
脫口秀節目《吉米雞毛秀》的“兒童圓桌會議” 環節中一名兒童戲稱要“殺死所有中國人”，這句話使節目陷入水深火熱的境地之中。目前ABC廣播公司已經公開道歉。The unscripted remark came during the October 16 segment where the comedian gathers six and seven-year-old children to ask their opinions on the current political and economic issues faced by the United States.
這句即興評論來自於10月16日播出的節目，在該節目環節中，一些6、7歲大的兒童聚集在桌前，主持人就當前美國面臨的一些政治和經濟時事向他們問問題。Sitting around a table, with all of the kids dressed in suits, Jimmy asked: ‘America owes a lot of money to China, $1.3 trillion. How should we pay them back?’
所有的孩子們都穿着西裝，吉米也坐在桌前，他問孩子們：“美國欠中國一大筆債，1.3萬億美元。我們該怎麼還清債款呢？”
One child answered, ‘Kill everyone in China’.
一個小孩回答說，“殺掉所有中國人。”While Kimmel didn’t immediately seem to see a problem with the answer, laughing as he replied, ‘Kill everyone in China? OK that’s an interesting idea,’ it horrified many viewers.
吉米當時似乎並未察覺這一回答有何不妥，他邊笑邊回答說，“殺掉所有中國人？好吧，這個主意挺有意思的。”他的回答讓許多觀衆驚恐不已。A group called 80-20, a pan-Asian-American political organisation, put together a petition asking President Barack Obama to investigate.
一個名爲“80-20促進會”的泛亞-美政治組織對此進行請願，請求巴拉克·奧巴馬總統調查此事。The petition needs 100,000 signatures to go to the president and at the moment has almost 60,000.
一份白宮請願必須有10萬人聯名簽名纔會呈交到總統手中，而現在這份請願書已經收集到了6萬簽名。It reads: ‘We petition the Obama administration to: Investigate Jimmy Kimmel Kid's Table Government Shutdown Show on ABC Network.
這份請願書如此寫道：“我們就此事向政府當局請願：請調查ABC電視網《吉米雞毛秀》兒童圓桌會議” ‘政府關門’ 主題一集”。‘The kids might not know anything better. However, Jimmy Kimmel and ABC’s management are adults. They had a choice not to air this racist program, which promotes racial hatred. The program is totally unacceptable and it must be cut. A sincere apology must be issued. ’
“孩子也許童言無忌，但吉米·坎摩爾和ABC電視臺的工作員工都是成年人。他們不應該播出有侮辱性言詞的節目，這會激化種族矛盾。這一節目完全令人不可接受，必須被剪輯掉。當事人應就此事真誠道歉。”ABC quickly responded with a letter of apology. The letter reportedly says, ‘We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large.’
ABC電視臺很快做出迴應，發佈了道歉信。信中寫到，“我們絕非有意傳播任何會激怒中國人羣體、亞洲羣體、華裔或任何相關羣體感情的信息。”It was signed by Lisa Berger, an ABC executive vice president who oversees the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, and Tim McNeal, vice president of ABC’s talent development and diversity branch.
這封道歉信由ABC廣播公司負責監管該節目的副總裁麗莎·柏格和人才開發和多樣化部門的副總裁麥克·尼爾聯名簽署。The correspondence also revealed the network had removed the comment from all media platforms and promised to edit it out of all future broadcasts of the show.
據記者透露，ABC電視臺已經從所有媒體平臺上刪除了這期節目，日後該節目播出時也不會再出現這段記錄。
