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Fox News misidentifies Patti LaBelle as Aretha Franklin

 
Fox News ran a photo of Patti LaBelle during a segment commemorating the life of Aretha Franklin. [Twitter/Fox News]
Fox News ran a photo of Patti LaBelle during a segment commemorating the life of Aretha Franklin. [Twitter/Fox News]
Published Aug. 17, 2018

Fox News published a segment commemorating the life of Aretha Franklin — with one glaring blunder.

The 11-minute segment featured clips and photos from Franklin's illustrious career, but the mistake came 3 minutes and 24 seconds in when they featured a photo of Patti LaBelle.

Fox News tweeted out the segment, which remained up early Thursday evening.

BREAKING NEWS: Aretha Franklin, 'Queen of Soul,' dead at 76 https://t.co/rWvFQyNMwR https://t.co/0OWQu2kCDb

Naturally, Twitter users were rational and understanding in their response. (Just kidding, they weren't!)

But how is @MsPattiPatti feeling, @FoxNews? Or do they all look the same to you? pic.twitter.com/X5PHF01Gnl

Fox News Alert: Legendary singer Aretha Franklin dead at 76 pic.twitter.com/ZsouDZXfXv

Now @FoxNews .......don't make Auntie Aretha cuss y'all out from heaven. pic.twitter.com/UmqYACi3rH

Our coverage of Aretha Franklin:

Remembering the Queen of Soul: Photos from the life of Aretha Franklin

Cridlin: Aretha Franklin, world's greatest singer, transcended cultural barriers

Fox News apologized to Franklin's family and friends for the mistake in a press release.

"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," said Jessica Santostefano, media desk vice president at Fox News.