Bangladeshi News Duped By Faked Moon Landing Story

Mixel writes "Two Bangladeshi newspapers have apologized after publishing an article taken from a satirical US website which claimed the Moon landings were faked. From the article: 'The Daily Manab Zamin said US astronaut Neil Armstrong had shocked a news conference by saying he now knew it had been an "elaborate hoax." Neither they nor the New Nation, which later picked up the story, realised the Onion was not a genuine news site.'"

Did they read any other stories on The Onion ?

[JDeane]

ROTFLMAO Honestly ???? The Onion ???? You have got to be kidding me....

I work for the CIA

[unlametheweak]

Neither they nor the New Nation, which later picked up the story, realised the Onion was not a genuine news site.

As journalists, I'm sure they would verify the accuracy of the information they publish. Merely reprinting bogus information is something that non-journalists can do. Journalism schools should also teach students to find out about the reliability of their news sources. It's good to know that they eventually found out that the Onion wasn't as reality based as Fox News. I can now live in comfort knowing that journalism, like banking, has learned from it's mistakes.

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[Kozz]

... they eventually found out that the Onion wasn't as reality based as Fox News...

That would be splitting hairs, good sir.

Familiarity Breeds Belief

[unlametheweak]

It doesn't matter that they retracted the story, because it will fuel the beliefs of conspiracy theorists even more [psychologytoday.com].

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