According to Independent.com, on Nov. 21, CNN was slammed for running chyron “Alt-right Founder Questions if Jews are People” underneath their guests. Richard Spencer said “One wonders if these people are people at all, or instead soulless golem.” After receiving this harsh backlash from the chyron, one of the anchors Jake Tapper condemned it and told sources this was irresponsible journalism.

Many viewers were appalled by the caption as they believed just because someone voiced an offensive statement doesn’t mean you should run it underneath your guests. I disagree with this thought process as the caption was providing background information into what the story is about.

I believe the chyron was relevant to the story and provided insight into the situation. The outrage sparked from the chyron is simply an overreaction. While the chyron was anti-semitic, there was no other way to portray what Richard Spencer said. In the current times, we are inclined to call out and expose every detail, but this was simply an overemphasized situation.

The chyron was very important to the development of the story, however they simply placed it irresponsibly — it was a mistake. I don’t believe CNN should be condemned for it as the chyron was anti-semitic because of what Richard Spencer said, not based on the opinions of CNN.

Whether they ran the caption underneath their guests or not, people would still have a problem with the statement, however it’s an unwarranted outrage. Also, the guests had their titles below the chyron where there is little room for confusion on whether or not the guests said the offensive statement.

In this case, CNN did nothing wrong. They simply provided information about the topic of discussion and people created a situation that was unneeded.