上百名華裔民眾10月28日在ABC電視台大樓前抗議遊行,他們要求ABC正式道歉,並解雇主持人基梅爾。基梅爾當天在節目中道歉。
11月8日報道,數百位來自新澤西、紐約等地的華人華僑11月8日在寒風中舉著寫有“ABC電視台公開道歉”、“解雇吉米”、“調查ABC”、“抵製ABC”標語牌,高喊口號,譴責美國廣播公司電視台在深夜脫口秀節目“吉米雞毛秀”中出現的“殺光中國人”言論。
11月9日,全美27個城市華僑華人遊行示威,再次抗議基梅爾辱華言論。要求ABC高層舉行新聞發布會正式對華人認錯,保證下不為例,並對基梅爾給予懲罰。
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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.