Oscars' mix-up entangles providers of online news

The 89th Academy Awards drew millions of Chinese viewers, but also sparked an online upheaval over the unprecedented announcement of the wrong winner of the best picture award.

As the Oscars ceremony reached its climax on Monday local time, the winner of the most coveted award was mistakenly announced as the musical La La Land. The real winner was the coming-of-age drama Moonlight. Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway had gotten the wrong envelope.

The error was corrected a few minutes later, after La La Land's cast and filmmakers began an acceptance speech. But some of China's WeChat public accounts had already released a short news burst naming the wrong winner.