The New York Times mixes up Angela Bassett, Omarosa in Emmys caption

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The New York Times mixed up Angela Bassett with Omarosa Manigault Newman in a photo from the 70th Annual Primetime Emmys in some early editions of its Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2018, newspaper.

• The photo and caption was provided by wire service Agence France-Presse.
• The Times updated the issue in later print editions and online.
• Agence France-Presse also updated the caption on its wire service.
• Getty, another photo service, also carried the photo with erroneous caption.

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

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

Story on Emmys mistakes Angela Bassett for Omarosa Manigault Newman https://t.co/XHogGDJrEo #NYTimes #GettyImages #copyediting pic.twitter.com/Q3npwX4iRD

— Richard Prince (@princeeditor) September 18, 2018