Today the world mourns the loss of one of the all-time musical greats, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.
Over on Fox News, they marked the occasion with a photo of… Patti LaBelle.
Now don’t get us wrong — we love us some Patti, but someone on Fox’s editing team is going to have a long drive home tonight.
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The slipup occurred during a video that featured highlights from Franklin’s life and career.
At the 3:30 mark, an image of Franklin appears with the text “1942-2018” superimposed over another image of a singer.
That second image just so happens to be Patti LaBelle from her 2014 “Over the Rainbow” performance for then-president Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, here’s what LaBelle had to say about the loss of Franklin:
Rest in peace Aretha. ? pic.twitter.com/QT7HeY5SIf
— Patti LaBelle (@MsPattiPatti) August 16, 2018
Fox News has yet to acknowledge the error, but social media sure has, including Drag Race star Jasmine Masters:
Here are some more responses:
WHY would Fox News be petty and use this pic of Aretha and add Patti LaBelle in the background?!! pic.twitter.com/vruO5Fm4vh
— PETUNIA (@Vince_Aries) August 16, 2018
JFC… @FoxNews is so inept, they used a photo of Patti LaBelle in their #ArethaFranklin tribute graphic. pic.twitter.com/Rudbr6QYxW
— Hugh Jasoul (@HughJasoull) August 16, 2018
1/ It's understandable that @FoxNews would use a photo of @MsPattiPatti Labelle to announce Aretha Franklin's death. It sure is confusing, because they're both…uhh…excellent singers. ????
[h/t @Phil_Lewis_] pic.twitter.com/FuC7miT3i2
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) August 16, 2018
It seems @FoxNews used an image of Patti LaBelle, thinking it was Aretha Franklin.
This is why the correct name for Fox is #FauxNews.
— ???????? ?.?. ???? (@sextoyspolitics) August 16, 2018
Because of course Fox News mixes up Aretha Franklin & Patti LaBelle. pic.twitter.com/zIXvD2282B
— Chris Strider (@stridinstrider) August 16, 2018
@katz432
Rest in paradise??
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
To Faux News all Liberals look alike!
Bob LaBlah
So what else is new regarding those imbeciles over on Fox? I’m surprised they even mentioned her.
DCguy
So to FOX all black women are the same.
No surprise there.
jjose712
I was thinking exactly the same. Come on, they don’t even look alike at all (and the fact that both are known singers for decades should be enough to not make that kind of mistakes)
silveroracle
Fox News, hang your heads in shame.
Lacuevaman
well at least they got the occupation, gender and race correct