Thread: Neil Armstrong Confesses All - Moon Landings a Hoax

Bangladeshi Newspapers mistakenly quote The Onion as factual news source


One giant slip in Bangladesh news

Two Bangladeshi newspapers have apologised after publishing an article taken from a satirical US website which claimed the Moon landings were faked.

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.

Both have now apologised to their readers for not checking the story.

"We thought it was true so we printed it without checking," associate editor Hasanuzzuman Khan told the AFP news agency.

"We didn't know the Onion was not a real news site."

BBC NEWS | South Asia | One giant slip in Bangladesh news


Here is the Onion report that the Bangladeshis thought was actual news

Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Oh man, I was laughing so hard when I read that -- Bangladesh and Bengali -- 'nuff said, though it could have been as well Fox News, or any other Conspiracy Whacko news source....

Yea, Mustyclit will get hold of it and will be a new thread on here soon.

F*ckin punjabis

I often wonder where the Thais get their news info from