Variety used a photo of Venus Williams for a story about Serena Williams
Variety fixed the photo on their website, but left their tweet with the wrong photo up for more than three hours.
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Fox College Football Twitter account misidentified Colorado State coach Jay Norvell postgame
The first video the Fox College Football account tweeted was not of Sanders and Norvell.
ESPN ran a photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team with a story about the Chinese team
A photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team accompanied an AP story about the Chinese Davis Cup team on the ESPN app.
BBC apologizes for showing LeBron James footage during report of Kobe Bryant’s death
ABC also reported erroneous information in early reports of the accident.
A Monumental Sports Network WNBA broadcast mistakenly identified two courtside spectators as “Markelle Fultz and his mom”
No, it wasn't Fultz and his mom.
ESPN’s app briefly called Ronald Acuña Jr. “Roberto” before correcting
No, "Roberto" Acuña Jr. doesn't play for the Braves.
6ABC Philly identifies Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya as “Alejandro Pedroya”
No, "Alejandro Pedroya" does not play for the Union.
Media keep identifying wrong former NFL DB Will Allen in Ponzi scheme story
Having the same name as someone who’s prominent for the wrong reasons can be problematic, and former Tampa...
