Fox News Apologizes for Confusing John Lewis for Elijah Cummings

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-apologizes-for-confusing-john-lewis-for-elijah-cummings



During Thursday morning's broadcast of America’s Newsroom, Fox News co-anchor Eric Shawn issued an apology for airing a clip that confused one black congressman for another.

“A few moments ago we had a technical snafu,” Shawn said. “We aired a clip of John Lewis of Georgia and mistakenly labeled him as Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings. Of course, we regret that error and apologize.” (The error came despite the fact that Lewis’ name plate was in full view during the clip.)

This is the third time in a year that Fox has confused one famous black person for another. Last summer, following the death of R&B legend Aretha Franklin, the network aired an obituary featuring the image of singer Patti LaBelle. And earlier this year, The Five co-host Jesse Watters was famously embarrassed after confusing CBS anchor Gayle King with ABC’s Robin Roberts.

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[eppur_se_muova]

1. They should do the gracious thing -- play the video of Rep. Lee on MSNBC ...

... telling the story about the time EC told her something like "I just want to be sure you don't think I'm John Lewis".

[malaise]

2. It is deliberate

For racists, we all look alike. FFS Lewis' name is in front of him.

[2naSalit]

7. +1

[tblue37]

13. Exactly! nt

[uponit7771]

17. +1, seeing they've done this multiple times before with AA's

[MineralMan]

3. What's the big deal? They're both old black men, right?

[TruckFump]

5. Hey, to the Repukes, unless you are an old, white man...

...everyone looks the same -- especially POC.

[gratuitous]

9. Really, they should have name plates or something in front of them

Waitasecond. I meant BIGGER nameplates.

[MineralMan]

10. Much bigger nameplates. Fox News people have trouble reading, see?

[Aristus]

4. "Gee, we're sorry all you coloreds look alike to us."

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[durablend]

6. "He'll be dead soon enough too, so whatever...."

[StarryNite]

11. Geez

All they need to do now is to start flashing the white supremacy signs.

[Cirque du So-What]

12. They think they're being clever

No way this was an accident.

[Eugene]

14. Again. 🙄

George Takei said it best regarding their Aretha Franklin gaffe, "Dear Fox News: Please do not use a background picture of Yoko Ono if you ever pay me tribute."

Link to tweet

[Piasladic]

15. "This is the third time" Jesus -nt

[Celerity]

16. racists fuckers did it on purpose, AND this tweet below is funny as well

Link to tweet

[11 Bravo]

18. "Those people" all look alike to the mouth-breathers at Fox.