Twitter Furious at CNN for Chyron Mentioning ‘Alt-Right Founder’ That Asks ‘If Jews Are People’

CNN Anchor Jake Tapper Called It ‘Unacceptable’

In a segment focused on the words of white supremacist leader Richard Spencer late Monday afternoon, CNN’s chyron read: “ALT-RIGHT FOUNDER QUESTIONS IF JEWS ARE PEOPLE.” 

It was a stunning summary of Spencer’s comments, which CNN posted as reading:

“One wonders if these people are people at all, or instead soulless golem,” which The New York Times quoted today, noting that “golem” refers “to a Jewish fable about the golem, a clay giant that a rabbi brings to life to protect the Jews.”

The CNN host called Spencer’s words, “hate-filled garbage.”

The panel discussion debated whether or not Trump should denounce white supremacists, whom CNN is still calling the “alt-right.”

(Note: NCRM and most other news outlets used the term “alt-right” as it came into the national discussion but we have decided that it merely re-brands white nationalism and white supremacism, and will no longer use it.)

People on Twitter are furious at the cable news network for the wording of the chyron, for the chyron not denouncing the question, and for the continued normalization of white supremacy.  

On Twitter, many denounced CNN, first because the quote was not specifically about Jews (it was actually about about the media,) and second because the segment was seen as normalizing the views of white supremacism and Donald Trump:

CNN’s own Jake Tapper stepped up, calling it “unacceptable”: