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。