NBC News was among the first news outlets to report Neil Armstrong’s death yesterday. Unfortunately, whoever was in charge of their new website, NBCNews.com,made a bit of a mistake:
NBC News was one of the first to learn of the death of astronaut Neil Armstrong on Saturday, but instead announced the death of astronaut Neil … Young.
“Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82,” read the NBC News headline shortly after 3 pm EST, which was tweeted out and picked up by thousands of others before it was changed.
As a refresher, Neil Young is a 66-year-old rock star who is very much alive.
Neil Armstrong, an American hero and the first man to walk on the moon, died on Saturday a few weeks after heart surgery.
One would think they’d be aware of the difference.
