(Photo: CNN's 'The Lead With Jake Tapper')

CNN saw swift backlash from the media and viewers over an onscreen message that aired on Monday's The Lead With Jake Tapper.

During a segment on President-elect Donald Trump's transition, CNN's Jim Sciutto spoke with two media correspondents about alt-right leader Richard Spencer and whether Trump needs to formally denounce and disavow alt-right groups.

Sciutto quoted Spencer, the president of The National Policy Institute who coined the term “alt-right,” and described his words as “hate-filled garbage” against Jews. Spencer’s quote read, ”One wonders if these people are people at all, or instead soulless golem.”

The issue Twitter users had, however, was with the chyron at the bottom of the screen throughout the segment, which read: ”Alt-right founder questions if Jews are people.”

Politico’s Hadas Gold “*pinches self* i’m real! i’m a person!" and The Hill’s Jordan Fabian shared a screen grab with the words, “Come on.”

Another user posted: “Just b/c some idiot says it doesn’t mean you put it on the chyron.”

*pinches self*



i’m real! i’m a person! — Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) November 21, 2016

Here is the segment. That chryon. These times. pic.twitter.com/5vXn5GM7ll — Colin Jones (@colinjones) November 21, 2016

During the segment, Sciutto referred to Spencer’s supporters as “unabashed racists and anti-Semites” and the correspondents, Real Clear Politics’ Rebecca Berg and The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser, discussed how Trump’s controversial appointment of Steve Bannon as chief strategist has only inflamed the alt-right conversation.

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“I think the challenge for Trump and his team moving forward,“ said Berg, “is going to be to assure people that people on the alt-right, white nationalists, do not have a voice in the Trump administration and do not have a place in the policies that they will be crafting when he is president. And I haven’t really seen those signals from them yet.”

She continued, “Part of this is also political calculation. They’ve found that they need these people in their coalition to succeed, so can they disown them and cleanse their coalition of these people?”

See more of the reactions on social media below.

This just happened on @CNN: Are Jews People? pic.twitter.com/SZD4mr1Vqc — Maia Efrem (@maiaefrem) November 21, 2016

Hey @CNN. 1. You gotta call alt-right what it is - white supremacist. 2. Just b/c some idiot says it doesn't mean you put it on the chyron. https://t.co/HyvPMmjnWe — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) November 21, 2016

Hey @CNN, please bring back those fact-checking chyrons from the campaign... https://t.co/2p462bcapW — Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) November 21, 2016

lots of self-reflection after the election for cable news, i see pic.twitter.com/eonH8ypOmq — alyssa bereznak (@alyssabereznak) November 21, 2016

Hey @brianstelter, can you help us understand how this came about? Because as a Jew, it feels like CNN is aiding/abetting a new Nazi party. https://t.co/RJc2DG8mmo — Mike Futter (@Futterish) November 21, 2016

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "yes" https://t.co/1ZwbFJO7po — Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) November 21, 2016

I can confirm I am a person https://t.co/IbASZhoifO — Ethan Hammerman (@Ethanhamm) November 21, 2016

we're real. and we're gonna be a HUGE pain in your ass, Nazis. pic.twitter.com/osshbJDdPI — ADAM ROSE (@RealAdamRose) November 21, 2016

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