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A BBC radio presenter slipped up by saying live on the air that Chinese people serve cats for meals, but she apologized for the blunder shortly after, the Plymouth-based daily The Herald reported Saturday. While discussing a book entitled Casper the Commuting Cat: The True Story of the Cat Who Rode the Bus and Stole Our Hearts, Judi Spiers said on the BBC Devon's Friday morning show, "10,500 copies have been sold, and the book has been translated into six different languages - Dutch, German, Portuguese, Italian and two dialects of Chinese. I don't know whether they'll enjoy that; don't they eat cats?" The report said that the veteran presenter was forced to offer an apology just 10 minutes after the gaffe, and 30 minutes later a red-faced Spiers appeared on the air saying sorry. "Earlier in the program I made a comment about Casper the cat, which some of you may have found offensive. I would like to apologize if you found the comment distasteful. Obviously I did not mean to offend," the presenter said. Yang Yamei, a Chinese student from the School of International Studies at Beijing University, told the Global Times, "We could do more to improve our image overseas, fixing biased ideas as such." "Apology means literally nothing," Yang said, concerned about the consequence of Spiers' false remark on the listeners. She said sorry just because she was meant to say it, Yang added. The hostess has presented the 180-minute Judi Spiers Show on BBC Radio Devon since 2005. On Friday's program in which she blundered, Spiers was talking about the biography written by cat owner Sue Finden, whose pet, Casper the cat, traveled 11 miles by bus regularly from his home in Plymouth but died in a hit-and-run accident earlier this year. Agencies - Global Times |
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