Poll: J. Kimmel Leaves 90% of Chinese Angered, Saddened or On Guard# WaterWorld - 未名水世界
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Two weeks ago, late night comic Jimmy Kimmel asked a roundtable of 6 and 7-
year-old children what the U.S. should do about $1.3 trillion of debt owed
to China. “Kill everyone in China,” one boy suggested, sparking a candy-
fueled debate among his peers, but the remark drew much fiercer objections
from China’s blogosphere, where tens of thousands of people have voiced
their anger on forums, online polls, and a petition to the White House,
ultimately eliciting a public apology from Kimmel’s parent network, ABC.
The petition, which called the skit “extremely distasteful,” has gathered
63,000 signatures and counting, and an online poll, translated by Chinasmack
, gauged reactions to the skit that ranged from “Guarded” (33%) to “Angry
” (32%), but rarely ever “Indifferent” (10%).
Like any online poll, it represents a small and vocal subset of the
population, but it taps into a deeper current of resentment against American
media. 61% of respondents believed the remark was an “inevitable”
consequence of China’s demonization “at all levels of American society.”
And throughout the poll, a majority of respondents saw no humor in the kid’
s remark, because of a widespread impression that when it comes to American
media, it’s not only the kids who say the darndest things.
Read more: Kimmel China Scandal Poll | TIME.com http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/29/poll-jimmy-kimmel-leaves-90-of-chinese-angered-saddened-and-on-guard/#ixzz2jI1zz25I
year-old children what the U.S. should do about $1.3 trillion of debt owed
to China. “Kill everyone in China,” one boy suggested, sparking a candy-
fueled debate among his peers, but the remark drew much fiercer objections
from China’s blogosphere, where tens of thousands of people have voiced
their anger on forums, online polls, and a petition to the White House,
ultimately eliciting a public apology from Kimmel’s parent network, ABC.
The petition, which called the skit “extremely distasteful,” has gathered
63,000 signatures and counting, and an online poll, translated by Chinasmack
, gauged reactions to the skit that ranged from “Guarded” (33%) to “Angry
” (32%), but rarely ever “Indifferent” (10%).
Like any online poll, it represents a small and vocal subset of the
population, but it taps into a deeper current of resentment against American
media. 61% of respondents believed the remark was an “inevitable”
consequence of China’s demonization “at all levels of American society.”
And throughout the poll, a majority of respondents saw no humor in the kid’
s remark, because of a widespread impression that when it comes to American
media, it’s not only the kids who say the darndest things.
Read more: Kimmel China Scandal Poll | TIME.com http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/29/poll-jimmy-kimmel-leaves-90-of-chinese-angered-saddened-and-on-guard/#ixzz2jI1zz25I