Thousands of Chinese-Americans rallied in Los Angeles Saturday,
calling on CNN to fire commentator Jack Cafferty.

Cafferty drew their ire for his April 9 comments in which he called
Chinese goods "junk" and the country's government "a bunch of goons
and thugs," the Los Angeles Times reported.

"We understand free speech," said Lake Wang, 39, of Thousand Oaks,
Calif., one of the protesters outside CNN's offices. "But what if
Cafferty said this about other racial groups? I think he would be
fired. I think he's jealous of China."

A CNN spokesman told the Times Cafferty was "offering his strongly
held opinion of the Chinese government, not the Chinese people."

"It should be noted that over many years, Jack Cafferty has expressed
critical comments on many governments, including the U.S. government
and its leaders," the spokesman said.

Why should CNN fire that guy?

CNN is enjoying UNPRECEDENTED GLORY now !!

CNN is getting TONS OF FREE ADVERTISING all over the world.

Even the "Don't be too CNN" thing is a form of free advertising for
CNN.

The more that Jack guy speaks, the more people would tune into CNN,
and the more CNN can charge their advertisers (more audience = more
money).

Why would you think they had Larry King there? While Mr. King doesn't
have as big a mouth as that Jack guy, Larry does talk a lot, and
people do pay attention to what he's saying.

On Apr 19, 11:08 pm, Chen europe.com> wrote:

Calling the Chinese govt goons is not racist (some would concur that it is a
fair assessment) - it's a comment on their conduct - to read racism into it
is in itself racist

"Chen" europe.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 20, 2:08 pm, Chen europe.com> wrote:

On Apr 20, 9:04 pm, zanzibar yahoo.com> wrote:

CNN can say all it wants. Another one thousand years, long after CNN
has been bought out or closed down, China may still have the last
laugh? ;-p

<<< Fast Forward Asia <<<

Americans and CNN like Jack. He knows THUGS and GOONS when he smells
'em.

On Apr 20, 12:08 am, Chen europe.com> wrote:

That's just the thing. If he is talking about the Chinese government,
he is not talking about a racial group.

The Germans and Japanese once had bad governments, and pointing this
out is not racism either.

John Savard

On Apr 20, 7:04 am, zanzibar yahoo.com> wrote:

That won't happen, of course.

So to make China change, things will have to happen that will be even
more difficult for the Chinese to be grateful for.

John Savard

On Apr 21, 1:52 am, Quadibloc wrote:

On Apr 20, 5:26 am, "TFK" hotmail.com> wrote: