Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
While watching the CNN Cafferty File broadcasts last Wednesday some comments were made by commentator Jack Cafferty.
Jack Cafferty was referring to China\’s leaders when he described them as a \”bunch of goons and thugs,\”
\”We continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export, you know, jobs to places where you can pay the workers a dollar a month to turn out stuff that we\’re buying form Wal-Mart, Cafferty said, according to the Broadcasts transcript.
He later apologized to everyone who thought otherwise.\”He said that he was referring to China\’s leaders in government, and not to the people of China or to Chinese Americans, \”He said of his \”goons and thugs\” comment.\”I was quite surprised and shocked I almost fell off my chair.\”When I heard his comment on the air, did he think that he could get away with such a comment on the air? On Tuesday, China demanded an apology for Jack Cafferty\’s remarks broadcast on CNN, in which he also described Chinese products as \”junk.\”
Beijing had already singled out U.S. based CNN as among Western news outlets that produced allegedly biased coverage of violent antigovernment protest in Tibet and across Western China last month.
I heard on different TV news broadcasts and I read also in the newspaper here in Japan that \”CNN would like to clarify that it was not Mr. Cafferty nor CNN\’s, intent to cause offense to the Chinese people, and would apologize to anyone who in this way, CNN went on to say that an e-mail was sent to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
\”The e-mail read that Cafferty comments reflected his ignorance and hostility \”toward China.
\”We are shocked and strongly condemn the vicious remarks made by Jack Cafferty.\”
\”I think the relationship with China and the United States as well as many other countries has certainly changed,\” After the many comments that I have heard through the various newspapers and broadcasts about the unrest in Tibet and China\’s handling of the situation, \”Not to mention the friction with spoiled and tainted foods, children’s toy many problems seem to continue and a multitude of other problems causing friction which has risen lately.
Warm Regards from Kitakyushu City, Japan
Hank F. Miller Jr.
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