Moon landing 'hoax' story giant misstep
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 14:09 (2578/6)
Two Bangladeshi newspapers admitted to an embarrassing error this week, after they were duped into publishing a story that reported astronaut Neil Armstrong said his 1969 moon landing was part of an "elaborate hoax". Neither the Daily Manab Zamin or the New Nation realized that The Onion is a satirical website.
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