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China Suing CNN For $1.3B Over Hurt Feelings
2008-04-24
A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
Hurt feelings is a valid tort these days ...
The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty's remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.

Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food" and added: "They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years".

CNN said Cafferty was expressing an opinion about the Chinese government, but the Foreign Ministry demanded an apology and accused the network of trying to drive a wedge between the Chinese people and leadership...
More red on red violence.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#7  i hsad my feelings hurt uyesterday
Posted by: sinse   2008-04-24 18:10  

#6  Some trade/genius/attorney at the State Department will claim that CNN will have to pay because CNN used the word "Junk" in vain.

Which as you know, falls under a treaty overide, because the "Junk" is the Sacred'est' vessel of China, Chinese Culture and History.

Look it up it's in the WTO trade treaty No-No Clause with China documentclass[pdftex]{.10499 pdf.
/(no don't look it up}
Posted by: RD   2008-04-24 13:45  

#5  Awwww. Did the poor widdle nuclear-armed commie superpower get its feelings hurt?
Posted by: Mike   2008-04-24 13:16  

#4  While I wouldn't mind seeing CNN (the Communist Caliphate Cable News Network) have to pay out $1.3 billion, I don't see how the Chinese would enforce it. Of course, they could cut off any news feeds to CNN, so CNN would probably pay it rather than lose the news source.
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-04-24 12:43  

#3  Well, O Mighty Libbruls of CNN?

You SAID we should be more considerate of the international community.

THERE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS.

WELL?
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-04-24 10:47  

#2  ...violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.

We should make them honorary Muslims.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-04-24 10:21  

#1  whiny little bitches arent they
Posted by: Kublia Kahn   2008-04-24 10:05  

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