Media | Bangladesh Oops: Onion Dupes Bangladeshi Papers on Fake Moon Landing By John Johnson Posted Sep 4, 2009 11:53 AM CDT Copied In this July 20, 1969, file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin plant a US flag on the moon. Allegedly. (AP Photo/NASA, file) Satire just doesn't translate well. Two Bangladeshi newspapers have apologized to readers after breathlessly reporting a US scoop: Neil Armstrong thinks the moon landing was a hoax! Problem is, the story appeared in the Onion. "We've since learned that the fun site runs false and juicy reports based on a historic incident," wrote the Daily Manab Zamin. "The truth is that Neil Armstrong never gave such an interview. We are sorry." In the Onion story, Armstrong calls a news conference to say he's been swayed by a passionate blogger and some "persuasive YouTube videos." He concludes that while the flight felt real at the time, it was all done at a sound stage, "most likely in New Mexico." Says the editor of the other duped paper, the New Nation: "We didn't know the Onion was not a real news site." Read These Next No one can fly in or out of El Paso for the next week or so. At least 10 dead in mass shooting in small Canadian town. The world says its final goodbye to Dawson Leery. Nancy Guthrie's camera footage raises an ancillary question: how? Report an error