CNN is being sued for $1.3 billion-- $1 for every person in China and Hong Kong-- by a Chinese elementary
school teacher and beautician from New
York who say Jack Cafferty’s remarks insulted the
Chinese people.
For the uninformed, Jack Cafferty said recently that the
U.S. imported Chinese “junk with lead paint on them” and continued his tirade
by calling the Chinese “basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they’ve
been for the last 50 years.”
There seems to be a lot of China-bashing in the news lately
by Western media outlets, including reporting on the turmoil in Tibet and botched Beijing Olympic torch relays. This latest comment by Cafferty has fanned the
growing ire of many Chinese, including 14 lawyers who are filing a similar suit
against CNN.
Do you think suing CNN for $1.3 billion is going a bit overboard? And what are your thoughts about the recent
bad press China has been
getting here in the U.S.?
Comments
The Sharpton/Jackson methods work only for them. Whenever we point out racism, whites--blacks and Hispanics as well--claim that it isn't, and that they should dictate what we should be offended about.
Money talks; SUE BIGTIME!!!
The West believes that it is superior to all other nations. There is a contempt for people of other races. Therefore, it is probably killing them to see India and China on the ascendant.
As far as I can see, the thugs and goons were originally the British (who from the sixteenth to the twentieth century bled their colonies dry) and now, their American counterparts. Their capacity for manipulativeness, greed and aggression is without limit.