NEW YORK — CNN and host Jake Tapper have apologized for an on-screen banner Tapper says “horrified” him when it appeared during his show.
The vacationing Tapper responded to outraged viewers with Twitter posts explaining he’s “furious.”
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The offending phrase appeared Monday during a discussion among substitute host of The Lead Jim Sciutto and two journalists about Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s support from the alt-right.
The segment focused on white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, whose anti-Semitic declarations Sciutto called “hate-filled garbage.” The on-screen phrase during the segment stated, “Alt-Right Founder Questions if Jews are People.”
CNN says it regrets the caption.
One of the journalists was The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser , who said Tuesday he was bombarded with messages calling him a “closet Nazi” because the caption led people to believe he’s Spencer.
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