渥太攘中?大?校友?理事?致CHUM Group Radio-Ottawa副?裁兼CFRA580??理Mark Maheu先生的公檫信
尊敬的Maheu先生?
我?就CFRA580?目主持人John Counsell先生於3月19日在晚殓?目中的一段?致函斤你。在??伊拉克?_?r，?主持人莫名其妙地?中??於“邪?萦心?”(Axis of Evil) 之列。
呃肺不??任的新?言?，锢然引起了渥太攘攘人社?的?重晷注。和其他各界人士一?，我?也深感震罄。我?帐?明?著的事?受到了?重的歪曲。呃位?目主持人竟然??中?作??合?安理?常任理事?之一，在促咄和居罪世界和平中所起到的越?越重要的作用。侦也不能忘?，自“9.11”事件以?，中?峰??陪了?肴社?致力於消除恐怖活?的事?。在清查伊拉克大?模??武器的行?中，一名中?籍的?合?武?代表在?行公???生，使中?成?在呃次?合?行?中唯一蒙受人??亡的?家。
呃位主持人的失?言?，腠然不至於??加中???靳牢固的友好晷?，但是其?在的危害令人??。中?是加拿大的第三大傺易伙伴，保持良好、互惠的加中晷??加拿大和中?的??办展都至晷重要。不久前，克里靖?理在一次??中费中?是加拿大最好的朋友，??真是意味深樘的。
渥太攘中?大?校友?是一?意在代表首都地??以千?攘人大?校友的?立的、非政治性、非牟利的??。?了尊重事?，居罪和提高新??媒的可信性，我?理事?感到有?任代表??，?陪其他社?成?一道，?失?的?播言?提出抗阻。
我?注意到，??目主持人在二十日的晚殓?目中作了多次道歉，?台管理?也?挽回不良影?作出了努力。在此，我?真哲地希望倨台今後能杜睫此?事件的办生，再?良好的?柞。
此致 敬意
渥太攘中?大?校友??樘?配中博士
2003年3月26日
__________________________
Mr. Mark Maheu
Vice-President and General Manager
CHUM Group Radio-Ottawa
87 George Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9H7
March 25, 2003
Dear Mr. Maheu:
We are writing about some remarks made by Mr. John Counsell on CFRA 580 on March 19, 2003. For some unclear reasons, he included China within the "Axis of Evil" when discussing the ongoing war in Iraq.
This case of irresponsible journalism has apparently raised anger in the Ottawa Chinese community. Our members, as well as other Ottawa residents from all walks of life, are disappointed. We feel that the plain truth was badly violated. Mr. Counsell has ignored the fact that, as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, China has been playing an increasingly important role in world peace and peacekeeping. One must not forget that, since the 9/11 tragedy, China has actively participated in the joint effort to rid of international terrorism. In the effort to root out weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a Chinese national, as a member of the UN weapons inspection team, lost his life while on active duty. As a result, China has become the only country that suffered such a loss in this UN mission.
The host’s remarks may have little negative impact on the excellent bilateral relationship between Canada and China. The potential harm was nonetheless disturbing. China is the third largest trading partner of Canada; a healthy and constructive Sino-Canadian relationship has become vital to both the Canadian and the Chinese economy. It is with profound reasons that Prime Minister Jean Chretien has called China one of the best friends of Canada in one of his recent remarks.
We, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Association of Chinese-Canadian University Alumni (OACCUA), an independent, non-partisan, and not-for-profit organization representing thousands of university graduates from China in the National Capital Region, feel obliged to voice our objections to the erroneous remarks made by Mr. Counsell. We feel that it is our duty to join other community members to push for a more responsible media.
We noted that Mr. Counsell has made repeated apologies on air the next day after his controversial remarks. The station management has also taken some active steps to rectify the negative influence created by the host's remarks. We sincerely hope that similar incidents will not occur in the future, so that a good "on air" reputation can be cultivated.
Yours truly,
Dr. Xing-Zhong Huang, president
Board of Directors of OACCUA
Ottawa-Association of Chinese-Canadian University Alumni
cc: Dave Mitchell, Program Manager
尊敬的Maheu先生?
我?就CFRA580?目主持人John Counsell先生於3月19日在晚殓?目中的一段?致函斤你。在??伊拉克?_?r，?主持人莫名其妙地?中??於“邪?萦心?”(Axis of Evil) 之列。
呃肺不??任的新?言?，锢然引起了渥太攘攘人社?的?重晷注。和其他各界人士一?，我?也深感震罄。我?帐?明?著的事?受到了?重的歪曲。呃位?目主持人竟然??中?作??合?安理?常任理事?之一，在促咄和居罪世界和平中所起到的越?越重要的作用。侦也不能忘?，自“9.11”事件以?，中?峰??陪了?肴社?致力於消除恐怖活?的事?。在清查伊拉克大?模??武器的行?中，一名中?籍的?合?武?代表在?行公???生，使中?成?在呃次?合?行?中唯一蒙受人??亡的?家。
呃位主持人的失?言?，腠然不至於??加中???靳牢固的友好晷?，但是其?在的危害令人??。中?是加拿大的第三大傺易伙伴，保持良好、互惠的加中晷??加拿大和中?的??办展都至晷重要。不久前，克里靖?理在一次??中费中?是加拿大最好的朋友，??真是意味深樘的。
渥太攘中?大?校友?是一?意在代表首都地??以千?攘人大?校友的?立的、非政治性、非牟利的??。?了尊重事?，居罪和提高新??媒的可信性，我?理事?感到有?任代表??，?陪其他社?成?一道，?失?的?播言?提出抗阻。
我?注意到，??目主持人在二十日的晚殓?目中作了多次道歉，?台管理?也?挽回不良影?作出了努力。在此，我?真哲地希望倨台今後能杜睫此?事件的办生，再?良好的?柞。
此致 敬意
渥太攘中?大?校友??樘?配中博士
2003年3月26日
__________________________
Mr. Mark Maheu
Vice-President and General Manager
CHUM Group Radio-Ottawa
87 George Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9H7
March 25, 2003
Dear Mr. Maheu:
We are writing about some remarks made by Mr. John Counsell on CFRA 580 on March 19, 2003. For some unclear reasons, he included China within the "Axis of Evil" when discussing the ongoing war in Iraq.
This case of irresponsible journalism has apparently raised anger in the Ottawa Chinese community. Our members, as well as other Ottawa residents from all walks of life, are disappointed. We feel that the plain truth was badly violated. Mr. Counsell has ignored the fact that, as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, China has been playing an increasingly important role in world peace and peacekeeping. One must not forget that, since the 9/11 tragedy, China has actively participated in the joint effort to rid of international terrorism. In the effort to root out weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a Chinese national, as a member of the UN weapons inspection team, lost his life while on active duty. As a result, China has become the only country that suffered such a loss in this UN mission.
The host’s remarks may have little negative impact on the excellent bilateral relationship between Canada and China. The potential harm was nonetheless disturbing. China is the third largest trading partner of Canada; a healthy and constructive Sino-Canadian relationship has become vital to both the Canadian and the Chinese economy. It is with profound reasons that Prime Minister Jean Chretien has called China one of the best friends of Canada in one of his recent remarks.
We, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Association of Chinese-Canadian University Alumni (OACCUA), an independent, non-partisan, and not-for-profit organization representing thousands of university graduates from China in the National Capital Region, feel obliged to voice our objections to the erroneous remarks made by Mr. Counsell. We feel that it is our duty to join other community members to push for a more responsible media.
We noted that Mr. Counsell has made repeated apologies on air the next day after his controversial remarks. The station management has also taken some active steps to rectify the negative influence created by the host's remarks. We sincerely hope that similar incidents will not occur in the future, so that a good "on air" reputation can be cultivated.
Yours truly,
Dr. Xing-Zhong Huang, president
Board of Directors of OACCUA
Ottawa-Association of Chinese-Canadian University Alumni
cc: Dave Mitchell, Program Manager
