Aretha Franklin has canceled her scheduled appearance tonight at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Festival spokesman Louis Edwards says the “Queen of Soul” informed organizers on Thursday that she wouldn’t be able to perform. Edwards said she apologized to fans but wouldn’t give a reason why.
So what exactly was Fox News Channel reporting while the other two cable news outlets were broadcasting the president’s eulogy of Dorothy Height? One of the stories wasn’t even real news.
As previously reported, CNN and MSNBC covered Obama’s eulogy Thursday morning from Washington National Cathedral, while Fox News opted to remain with its regular “America’s Newsroom” programming, directing viewers to its live stream of Height’s service on foxnews.com.
During President Obama’s 13-minute eulogy, FNC instead explored new arguments that a recent Noah’s Ark sighting is real despite having been proven a hoax by multiple sources.
*TMZ.com is reporting that Halle Berry and her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry have ended their five-year relationship and have already reached a temporary custody arrangement for their two-year-old daughter Nahla.
