No . that ' s the reaction she ' s been told to display when someone crosses a line . I highly doubt the term nigger offends her . But because she ' s on television , and suits are all going to get complaints from people about it , they can point and say Look ! Our white anchor was offended too ! We ' re on your side ! Of course it was bogus ! and they don ' t have to worry about lawsuits and fines . Everyone knows you can ' t go on a media platform and use racial slurs , even if you ' re quoting someone directly to prove your case . The dude clearly overstepped . He could have censored himself by saying someone who uses slurs against African Americans , Hispanics , etc and been all encompassing . But he opted for the shock value of using that on CNN with a black panelist who supports the guy he doesn ' t . He wanted to shock , he wanted his own veiled strike at someone with a different opinion , so he to the easy way out .