Onion story

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Corrections are part of the news business. But a couple of newspapers in Bangladesh are apologizing for making a BIG mistake this week. Here's a quick summary. They printed a story that said astronaut Neil Armstrong had held a news conference to announce that his moon landing was just an elaborate hoax. Armstrong was quoted saying, �It really was one small step for man, one giant lie for mankind.� The problem was� the story came from the satirical news website, The Onion. The editors in Bangladesh didn't realize it was a joke.
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