NY Times to Run Correction After Caption Misidentifies Angela Bassett as Omarosa

The New York Times will be running a correction after a photo caption in the paper accidentally confused Angela Bassett for Omarosa Manigault-Newman.

oh my god the New York Times mixed up Angela Bassett with Omarosa pic.twitter.com/jLoePOqADy

— julia reinstein ? (@juliareinstein) September 18, 2018

Bassett was on stage at the Emmys last night with Tiffany Haddish presenting the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, which Rachel Brosnahan won for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Omarosa was not at the Emmys last night.

The Times explained in a statement on Twitter that it was an “incorrect caption from a photo wire service in some early print editions” and they will be running a correction tomorrow.

We regret running an incorrect caption from a photo wire service in some early print editions. We will issue a correction in tomorrow's paper.https://t.co/fEezxxXo0M

— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) September 18, 2018

The Times is getting dragged on Twitter as a result of the mix-up, including, yes, the dictionary:

The Cross-Race Effect is sometimes called the Other-Race Effect or Own-Race Bias.

It is also sometimes referred to as casual racism.https://t.co/M1VGIfxRZR https://t.co/eW2bKMwNNA

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) September 18, 2018

[photo via Getty Images]

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