White House correspondents apparently can’t tell black women apart in embarrassing mix-up

A camera for an internal feed at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner mistakenly cut to the wrong journalist during a speech by the organization’s president.

Two attendees of the event, Ruthless Podcast co-host ComfortablySmug and Puck News co-founder Julia Ioffe, posted on X that the association had mistakenly shown NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor instead of Black Press USA Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan on the internal feed. The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation about the reported mix-up.

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During his remarks at around 10:10 p.m. Eastern time, Daniels appeared to shake his head and mouth “That’s not her,” as he praised Ryan while giving remarks about awarding the Dunnigan-Payne Prize for Lifetime Achievement to former WHCA president Bob Ellison, who, like Ryan was also involved with American Urban Radio Network.

Alcindor also appeared aware of the error, mouthing “I’m not April Ryan” while the internal feed’s camera was mistakenly on her.

When reached for comment, Ioffe confirmed to the DCNF that the mistake occurred on the internal feed at the event.

Broadcast feeds on CSPAN and MSNBC did not cut to Alcindor, but instead showed Ryan at her table during the event. ComfortablySmug did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.

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