トランプ氏を「既決重罪犯」と報道、台湾公共テレビが動画削除

【台北ＡＦＰ＝時事】台湾の英語公共テレビ「台湾プラス」は１２日、同社の記者の一人がドナルド・トランプ次期米大統領を「既決重罪犯」と称した動画について、この言葉が不適切に使われているとして削除したと発表した。（写真はドナルド・トランプ前大統領）
　台湾政府は、トランプ氏の大統領選勝利を公式に祝福し、各国政府と同様に次期米政権を味方に付けようと努めている。
　米国は長年、台湾の最も重要な支援国となっている。だが、トランプ氏は選挙戦で、台湾は米国に防衛費を支払うべきだと主張するとともに、台湾が米国の半導体産業を盗んでいると非難していた。
　台湾プラスの特派員、ルイーズ・ワット氏は６日、米フロリダ州でカメラの前で「これが歴史的な選挙になることは最初から分かっていた。米国は初の女性大統領か初の既決重罪犯かを選挙で選ぶことになった」と述べた。
　ＡＦＰが確認した動画によれば、ワット氏は「米国は重罪犯を選んだようだ」と続けていた。
　李遠文化部長（文化相）は９日、台湾プラスに「この問題は非常に深刻だ」と懸念を伝え、同社は問題の動画を削除したと現地メディアに明らかにした。
　台湾プラスは１２日、「既決重罪犯」という言葉について、世界中の公共メディアで広く使用されており、報道で使用しても問題はないが、「米大統領選について、女性と重罪犯の選択だとして過度に単純化するなど、不適切な文脈で使用すべきではない」との認識を示した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/13-16:37）

A state-funded English-language broadcaster in Taiwan said Tuesday it removed a video of one of its journalists calling US President-elect Donald Trump a convicted felon because the term had been used inappropriately.
Taipei has publicly congratulated Trump on his victory, joining other governments around the world in trying to get onside with the next US administration.
Washington has long been Taipei's most important supporter, but Trump raised concerns on the campaign trail by suggesting Taiwan should pay the United States for its defence and accusing it of stealing the US semiconductor industry.
TaiwanPlus correspondent Louise Watt was speaking on camera in the US state of Florida last Wednesday when she said: This was always going to be a historic election -- the US was either going to vote in its first female president or its first convicted felon.
Well America looks like it's chosen the felon, Watt said, in a clip of the broadcast seen by AFP.
Taiwan Culture Minister Li Yuan told local media on Saturday that TaiwanPlus took down the video after he told the broadcaster that this issue is very serious.
Public Television Service Foundation, which manages TaiwanPlus, said Monday the broadcaster had humbly reviewed its operational procedures following the report.
The foundation said it will convene a self-discipline committee this week to discuss the matter.
TaiwanPlus, which broadcasts videos on its website, YouTube and cable television, said in a statement Tuesday that the term convicted felon was widely used by public media around the world and could be used in their reporting.
But it should not be used in inappropriate narratives, such as oversimplifying the US presidential election as a choice between a woman and a felon, TaiwanPlus said.
More than 90 percent of TaiwanPlus's viewers are overseas, the foundation said.
In 2023, TaiwanPlus began showing in US hotels in key cities frequented by political and economic elites, such as Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, the foundation said.