{"id":1441033,"date":"2022-04-15T19:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441033"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:45:25","slug":"fake-news-fail-media-misidentifies-comedian-ali-wongs-husband-as-actor-randall-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-news-fail-media-misidentifies-comedian-ali-wongs-husband-as-actor-randall-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake News Fail: Media Misidentifies Comedian Ali Wong&#039;s Husband as Actor Randall Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffake-news-fail-media-misidentifies-comedian-ali-wongs-husband-as-actor-randall-park%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441033&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AliWong1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Media outlets misidentified comedian Ali Wong\u2019s husband Justin Hakuta as actor\u00a0Randall Park in a story about Wong announcing a divorce from her husband.<\/p>\n<p><em>Parade magazine<\/em> used a photo of Wong and her co-star Park posing for photos together on the red carpet from the 2019 premiere of\u00a0<em>Always Be My Maybe<\/em>\u00a0in a news story about the comedian announcing a divorce from Hakuta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/04\/15\/ali-wong-divorce-media-wrong-asian\/\">reports<\/a> <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, MSN used a photo of just Park. While both publications have since deleted their tweets and replaced the photos, their errors did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come on! Can we not ruin the news of Ali Wong\u2019s divorce with Wrong Asian racism? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/87SZ21cVQ7\">pic.twitter.com\/87SZ21cVQ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc41 Phil Yu (@angryasianman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/angryasianman\/status\/1514008279763992577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Parade<\/em> apologized for the mistake on Wednesday in a statement posted to its Twitter account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe made a mistake and identified Ali Wong\u2019s husband Justin Hakuta as her co-star Randall Park,\u201d the magazine explained. \u201cWe understand how\u00a0hurtful this photo mistake was and the impact it can have and we sincerely regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to apologize to Ali Wong, Justin Hakuta, Randall Park and everyone who may have been hurt by our error,\u201d <em>Parade<\/em> added. \u201cWe will implement stronger measures going forward to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our sincere apologies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77KGpm7LZl\">pic.twitter.com\/77KGpm7LZl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parade Magazine (@ParadeMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParadeMagazine\/status\/1514228205678473225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Park is not the first Asian celebrity to be misidentified by the media.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the film review app Letterboxd\u00a0shared a photo of a woman it identified as actress Michelle Yeoh. The image, however, actually featured <em>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/em> star Fala Chen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letterboxd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@letterboxd<\/a> this is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/falachenfala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@falachenfala<\/a>, not Michelle Yeoh. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShangChi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShangChi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrongAsian?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrongAsian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1SOgNovdV\">pic.twitter.com\/I1SOgNovdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joanna \u1d18\u026a\u0274\u1d00\u028f\/\u028f\u1d0f\u0274s\u1d07\u026a (@PinayYonsei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PinayYonsei\/status\/1438991209100365840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2019, <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>\u00a0actor Ronny Chieng slammed <em>People magazine<\/em> for misidentifying himself as Park, as well as confusing the identities of other Asian actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@people, Jae W Suh is not in this photo. I am not Randall Park. And that\u2019s Tan Kheng Hua not Michelle Yeoh,\u201d Chieng lamented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@people<\/a> Jae W Suh is not in this photo. I&#8217;m not Randall Park. And that&#8217;s Tan Kheng Hua not Michelle Yeoh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vwSBvdnhIl\">pic.twitter.com\/vwSBvdnhIl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronny Chieng (@ronnychieng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronnychieng\/status\/1090322609508626432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media outlets misidentified comedian Ali Wong\u2019s husband Justin Hakuta as actor\u00a0Randall Park in a story about Wong announcing a divorce from her husband. 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