Plaintiffs: Li Lan Li and Lydia Leung Defendants: Cable News Network and Jack Cafferty Case Number: 1:2008cv03867 Filed: April 24, 2008 Court: New York Southern District Court Office: Foley Square Office [ Court Info ] County: NewYork Presiding Judge: Judge Denny Chin Nature of Suit: Torts - Injury - Assault, Libel, and Slander Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury Jurisdiction: Diversity Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff Amount Demanded: $9,999,000.00
美国中文网张碔、张素平、施而楼报道:CNN的信提到了卡弗蒂近日接受美国政论访谈节目主持人BILL PRESS 一次采访时,对他的言论在中国和海外华人中国引起争议作出的回应。他说,“我感到的遗憾的只是,一些在华中国公民和在美华人感觉我的话好像是冒犯侮辱了他们。不过,那不是我的本意,对那样的误解我感到sorry”(英语原文:And the one thing I regret wes that some Chinese citizens in China and Chinese-American in this country felt like maybe I was insulting them。 And that was not my intention. And I am sorry for that ......)
CNN阿特兰大的副总裁David C. Vigilante在这封信里为卡弗蒂辩解。信的最后说,对于这个问题希望我已经给清楚地解释。(I hope this clarifies matters for you)
对照一下几个星期前,CNN在其网站上的所谓“道歉”:It was not Mr. Cafferty's nor CNN's intent to cause offense to the Chinese people, and [CNN] would apologize to anyone who has interpreted the comments in this way.(卡弗蒂和CNN都无意冒犯中国民众,CNN愿意对任何因为卡弗蒂的言论而觉得受到冒犯的人致歉)可以明显看出CNN对这件事情,还停留在继续狡辩的位置上。