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'Bunch of goons' remark was for Chinese Govt: CNN

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Posted online: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 06:41:53


Beijing, April 16: “Anchor was referring to the Chinese government and not to the people when he used the words a "bunch of goons and thugs" and he offered to "apologise" to anyone who interpreted the comments in some other way”, said American broadcaster CNN on Wednesday.

Commentator Jack Cafferty was only "offering his strongly held opinion of the Chinese government, not the Chinese people", a point he has subsequently clarified, the Atlanta-based broadcaster said.

CNN's clarification came a day after the Chinese foreign ministry demanded an apology from it, saying Beijing was "shocked" at the remarks and strongly condemned them.

CNN, among the Western media that is under attack from China over their "distorted" coverage of the Tibet unrest, said "... it was not Cafferty's, nor CNN's, intent to cause offence to the Chinese people and (CNN) would apologise to anyone who has interpreted the comments in this way".

"We are also running hundreds of billions of dollars worth of trade deficits with them, as 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 workers a dollar a month and turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal-Mart”, Cafferty had said in his remarks in "The Show Room", a political programme.

"So, I think our relationship with China has certainly changed. I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years", he had said in the programme.

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Screw America and China both by Delhi on 18 Apr 2008

Cafferty is a white piece of trailer trash. The Americans have been building up China since Nixon and now they are lecturing their own creation in CCP. It does not help that India is ruled by a gutless PM who is afraid to visit Arunachal Pradesh and grovels before the genocide torch while signing away India's nuke control to the Americans. But the PM gets to have a fake diploma form Oxford and Harvard.

indian ,china policy by arish sahani on 18 Apr 2008

What we need is hindu nation.secularisum is killing our nations making us gutless and minority apeasement policy will distroy hindu sanatan culture.

Peace by JAck on 17 Apr 2008

I saw a lot of comments and most are abused. Please understand that Chinese Government, not Chinese people, is wrong to deal with Tibet issue. The extreme language will results in "hate" in people's mind. I think most Chinese people have the same question here- If it happens in California, what American people or government will do if "California" wants to be independen?

Chinese Communists r thugs by Harish on 17 Apr 2008

Mr Cafferty has no reason to apologise, as the Chinese are a bunch of rogues and 3rd rate goons. They are flooding the market with cheap quality goods, they have no business scruples and the commy govt is one of thw worst as far as human rights are concerned. Their leader Mao was a 3rd rate scum from the gutter. These scum bags are solely responsible for worlds saftey by helping build Pakistans and Irans N bombs. India,Australia,USA and Israel should come together to put a check on both Islamic Facism and Chinese Commy Facism

jack kafferty'schines GOONS !!! by BABUBHAI on 17 Apr 2008

DID CHIBESE FOREIGN MINISTER THINK kFFERTY WAS FROM iNDIA (HE SUMMONED INDIAN AMBASSADORIN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND POOR AMBASSADOR OF A UNUCH PARTY AMALGAMATED(upa)RUSHED TO ATTEND !!!!BRAVO jACK, DOR TREATING THE INFESTIOUS {gOVT.}WORMS ,MOST APPROPRIATELY.....!!!!

Chinese goons by Vox Populi on 17 Apr 2008

Dear Indians, remember one thing - you elected the most gutless, corrupt Congress and anti-national Chinese agents. As from now on India will live in fear under Chinese shadow, Indians can not protest against China in Tawang. Why ? Whose order ? Indians are low caliber, gutless and corrupt, what is the use to shout and then vote back the same goons ?

Goons by Indian on 17 Apr 2008

Hey Wax Popli, Indians are much high calibre and brave than u cowardly, enunchs the filthy White, child murdering rapits who run at first sight of a MAN. Bloody USA, THE SUPER POWER, shown its place in gutter by the bunch of IRAQI NATIONALISTS.It is all the Whites who are the lowest calibre scums, who elect REAL GOONS like Bush and Blair AND Hitler's and Mussolini's and Berlusconi's just buzz off you White, go get a nice kick from your White Whore Wife

Chinese Goon Show by Yogesh Datta on 17 Apr 2008

Cafferty is hundred percent right. What else one can call the goons ?

Chinese goon show by Yogesh Datta on 17 Apr 2008

Cafferty is hundred percent right. What else one can call the goons ?

India will kick some Chinese azz! by Hemant on 17 Apr 2008

Chinese are goons and thugs, the Government and the entire population. The Chinese government can't be doing what it is currently without implicit support from the population. So, the Chinese people are guilty by association.

jack Cafferty please on UPA !!! by BABUBHAI USA on 17 Apr 2008

by the way Jack, any remark for the goons and thugs of UPA,who export crops at a lowest price and import the same at a highest price !!!!to help people !!!!or their pockets.and then whose PM says"he doesn't have a magic stick to cure inflation !!!there is psychotic Arjuns and chindburums and ramodoshs,who crap about every thing else other than their own responsibility !!!and despite utter incompetence and failures, these goons shamelessly hang on to the lucrative chair,insted of resigning !!!!

Bravo jack Cafferty by babubhai usa on 17 Apr 2008

bravo jack ,you voiced the world opinion,and even spectacular ,bold clarification to the crooks.....good chinese simply are kept in the dark,of what crooked games the Govt. plays....by the way, karats,kalmadis,and UPA gang must kiss the shoes of jack,,,, may be those creatures may be filled in somepride !!!!

China should thank Jack by Gopinathan on 16 Apr 2008

China should indeed thank Jack, because he has been so mild in his comment. In fact, the rulers of China are barbarians and gruesome beasts. Mao mass murdered millions of his own country men and women and deluged his country with their blood. Who else would do this except a barbarian or a beast? His coterie and successors are faithfully following his path and terrorising this world by their diabolism.

No apology by Politically Incorrect on 16 Apr 2008

Y did he apologise?He spoke the truth!

China Must Leave Tibet by Anonymous on 16 Apr 2008

Chink communists are indeed a bunch of thugs and goons! Jawaharlal Nehru made many serious foreign policy blunders, one of the most devastating of them was failing to counter China when it was occupying Tibet. And today China is tapping at our borders asking for territory from India! The way they are suppressing the Tibetans is terrible, if we dont react even now, then we would lose our right to call ourselves Humans.

Goons by Natarajan on 16 Apr 2008

The term should be applied to the chinese government. however I would also add a lot of chinese people because they have been brain washed by the communist regime. If you read the blogs against the western media posted by the chinese guys, you would understand this.

Chinese govenment is really a "bunch of goons" by Anand on 16 Apr 2008

Chinese government is certainly qualified to be called a "bunch of goons". Look at what it is doing to Tibet. It has forcefully colonized Tibet just because Tibet is strategically located and is mineral/water rich. It is trying to annihilate an entire people and it is committing cultural genocide in Tibet. It is doing all this just for Tibetan resources and for keeping India "in control". This inhuman and immoral Chinese dictatorial government should be opposed by everyone and every other government in the world

Chinese Dogs by Patriot on 16 Apr 2008

Why, Even if it was meant for the people of china; it would still be true. all chinese people are Goons and idiots who eat wild life to death. These chinese dogs have no moralilty or humanity.

Might is right by srinivas on 16 Apr 2008

I am not surprised if some one from the western media target Indians the same way. West doesn't like other countries becoming powerful without their support. Similarly chinese doesn't like us growing stronger.PokhranII and the economic boom are two good things happened to us.

Patriot is ignorant by vishal on 16 Apr 2008

I am as much scared of Chinese imperial ambitions as the next guy but you need to give them their due. For 5000 years China (and India ofcourse) has been one of the greatest ancient civilizations. Much of modern day morality and humanity comes from Chinese thinkers and philosophers. Don;t make hateful ignorant remarks like a middle school dropout.

But China was not Communist then! by Anonymous on 16 Apr 2008

Indeed, but those contributions did not happen while China was Communist!

China by emmarcee on 16 Apr 2008

where di dyou get the figure 5000 from? may I ask?

Is Patriot ignorant? by Vejain on 16 Apr 2008

It is neither hateful nor ignorant to call the current Chinese regime a bunch of goons and thugs. The comment specifically applied to the last 50 years - not 5000 years - and certainly not for the Chinese people. It is the communist regime at whom the remarks were directed - even a middle school dropout should understand that.

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