Country music artist Mickey Guyton performs the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)(Chris O'Meara / ASSOCIATED PRESS)
On the nation’s biggest performance stage Sunday, a captioning mistake outraged many viewers just prior to Arlington native and country star Mickey Guyton’s stirring rendition of the national anthem.
Before kickoff, Jhené Aiko, a soul singer-songwriter performed “America the Beautiful.” NBC cameras panned to Guyton, who was looking on, and the graphic identified her as Aiko for a few seconds. The camera eventually found Aiko but not before fans of each called out NBC for its error.
Both singers are women of color.
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