BBC viewers were left a little confused after the broadcaster presented MP Abena Oppong-Asare's name on screen while Florence Eshalomi, the MP for Vauxhall, was speaking in parliament.
‘If you can’t tell the difference find someone who can.’
Ms Eshalomi has since revealed that the BBC apologised to her directly, and told the Evening Standard: ‘If I’m honest I’m not surprised. Just a bit disappointed as it has happened before.She added: ‘I don’t even think Abena was on the estate today.’Abena Oppong-Asare’s name appeared on-screen instead of Ms Eshalomi’s
It’s not the first time Ms Eshalomi’s identity has been confused with another Black woman, as she highlighted BBC Parliament’s error in 2020 after she was mistaken for Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi.The BBC has also mistaken other Black public figures for one another in the past. In January 2020, BBC News At Ten mistakenly aired images of basketball star LeBron James while
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