A newspaper in Bangladesh printed an apology after running an article claiming astronaut Neil Armstrong had admitted his 1969 moon landing was part of an elaborate hoax.
The story, which first ran on the satirical news website www.theonion.com last week, said Armstrong had been convinced by a conspiracy theorist that the Apollo 11 mission had been orchestrated by the US government.
The Daily Manab Zamin, which translated the moon story into Bengali, said: “The report has drawn a lot of attention. We’ve since learned that the fun site runs false and juicy reports based on a historic incident.”
