上百名华裔民众10月28日在ABC电视台大楼前抗议游行,他们要求ABC正式道歉,并解雇主持人基梅尔。基梅尔当天在节目中道歉。
11月8日报道,数百位来自新泽西、纽约等地的华人华侨11月8日在寒风中举着写有“ABC电视台公开道歉”、“解雇吉米”、“调查ABC”、“抵制ABC”标语牌,高喊口号,谴责美国广播公司电视台在深夜脱口秀节目“吉米鸡毛秀”中出现的“杀光中国人”言论。
11月9日,全美27个城市华侨华人游行示威,再次抗议基梅尔辱华言论。要求ABC高层举行新闻发布会正式对华人认错,保证下不为例,并对基梅尔给予惩罚。
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On behalf of everyone at Jimmy Kimmel Live and ABC, please accept our heartfelt, sincere apology for the airing of the “Kids Table” segment of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 16, 2013.
The simple fact is, the segment should never have been broadcast. Systems we have in place for these types of things did not function properly, and steps have been made to try and prevent this kind of egregious mistake from occurring in the future.
We have strengthened our review process and several new safeguards have been put in place to both our Broadcast Standards & Practices and Entertainment Programming areas to ensure that segments like this are immediately brought to the attention of appropriate senior executives who can address them appropriately.
We have also done everything in our power to ensure that the segment receives no further exposure. We issued a written apology, the offending skit has been edited out of any future broadcast of that episode; we have taken down the clip from all of our on
In addition, Jimmy Kimmel has apologized on-air, in writing, and has personally met with concerned citizens to hear their viewpoints and to apologize, again, in person.
Please know that we take our responsibility to our viewers extremely seriously, and are confident that the steps we’ve taken will prevent this type of issue from happening again.