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Oops! Fox News Uses Photo Of Patti LaBelle In Aretha Franklin Tribute

Posted by Brian -5pc on August 16, 2018 · Flag

Fox News aired a lengthy tribute to Aretha Franklin today. But one of the stills showed a photo of Patti LaBelle singing instead of Franklin.

As HuffPost explained, the still, which comes at about 3:24 in the video, shows Franklin and text with her name and the dates of her life span. Transposed on the image is a photo of a black woman singing that one would expect to be Franklin. But it’s Patti LaBelle singing Over The Rainbow for then-President Barack Obama. It's a bit hard to see but LaBelle is in the screen grab above, centered over the "ARETHA FRANKLIN" text.

Fox later apologized, claiming, “Our intention was to honor the icon using a secondary image of her performing with Patti LaBelle in the full screen graphic, but the image of Ms. Franklin was obscured in that process, which we deeply regret.”

But that's hardly reassuring to fans of The Queen Of Soul. As HuffPost pointed out, the image of LaBelle used in the Franklin tribute video is one of LaBelle performing by herself.  

Watch the Fox tribute below, from the August 16, 2018 America’s Newsroom. Underneath is the video of LaBelle’s 2014 Over The Rainbow performance for Obama.

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truman commented 2018-08-17 10:54:13 -0400 · Flag
“If those black people want individual recognition, they shouldn’t all look alike.” Roger “Jabba” Ailes, founder of Fux News.
Antoinette commented 2018-08-17 03:29:15 -0400 · Flag
This so-called ‘news’ network hires the least qualified associate producers. These children wouldn’t know the difference between a potato and a yam. A couple of these girls hired as associate producers are not the sharpest scissors in the drawer.








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