Who is apologizing for what exactly. I can read this more than one way - I can read it as apologizing to the Nazis for saying they questioned whether Jews are people; I can see them apologizing to Jews for letting that chyron cross their screen, and so forth and so on.
I guess its general purpose apology but Iām kind of trying to figure out if we are apologizing to Spencer for publicly putting his beliefs out there.
CNN Apologizes For Chyron Reading āAlt-Right Founder Questions If Jews Are Peopleā
Why?
āAre Jews people? And shape of earth?; views differā. Discussion and a poll after the break.
Unless something specific was said by Spencer during the segmentā¦either live or recordedā¦to support the chyron, then CNNās acknowledgement is appropriate. If Spencer was quoted by someone else during the segment, then the quote should have been attributed on-screen.
This is not to defend Spencer or any other deplorable of his ilk. But I think, based on my reading of the facts that are contained in this article, that CNN did the right thing
The question is, did he question that Jews are people, or didnāt he? If he didnāt, what did he say, or, who said that? Why is Tapper outraged?
ETA: If āgarbageā == ānot peopleā, thereās a lot of apologizing that had better happen, and if it is, thereās a lot of apologizing that needs to happen. Itās inflammatory language.
Thatās what I want to know.
CNN and host Jake Tapper have both apologized for an on-screen banner that Tapper said was āunacceptableā and āhorrifiedā him when it appeared during his show on Monday.
I can see the need for clarification if he hasnāt literally questioned if Jews are people, but the only horrifying thing Iām seeing here is that saying a NAZI hates Jews provokes this level of groveling apology while all the bull shit misinformation about Clinton got crickets.
The ceremonial flogging of the CNN scaptern will be held in the conference room off the corporate cafeteria at noon tomorrow.