This just in : The synodic month landings were not faked . This may not seem like news to you , but to readers of two Bangladeshi newspaper , it ’s the matter of a surprise apology . fault a lack of fact - checkers … and false news sources .
Earlier this calendar week , the Daily Manab Zamin reported that Neil Armstrong had held a pressure group discussion by confess that the 1969 moon landing had been “ an elaborate hoax , ” and saw its story being picked up by competing newspaper the New Nation . The problem being , the Manab Zamin ’s source for the story wasthis storyfrom satiric news show siteThe Onion , which editors at the Manab Zamin were not entirely familiar with . The apologia from the newspaper read ,
We recollect it was true so we print it without checking … We did n’t know the Onion was not a real tidings site . We ’ve since learned that the fun site pass simulated and juicy reports based on a historical incident . TheMoon landingone was such a storey , which received legion striking on the net . The verity is that Neil Armstrong never gave such an interview . It was made up . We are sorry for publishing the report without checking the information .
scotch one for journalistic integrity … And maybe another for the onion plant ’s sense of faux - naive realism .
One giant slip in Bangladesh news[BBC ]
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