NBC News Gaffe Cites ‘Astronaut Neil Young’ Death Rather Than Real Astronaut Neil Armstrong
While singer Neil Young may have sung the tune, ‘Harvest Moon,’ he definitely was not an astronaut. Gawker points out that in the rush to report the death of the first man on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, on Saturday (Aug. 25), NBC News accidentally cited music legend Neil Young as passing instead, leading to a few somewhat snarky comments from readers.
While the comments led to the change being made rather swiftly, it still didn’t stop a screencap image of the error circulating on Saturday. The network did beat everyone to the story, but unfortunately cited Young rather than Armstrong.
Young, still very much alive and well, will release his second album of 2012, ‘Psychedelic Pill,’ as a double-disc effort in October. Armstrong, however, passed away after recovering from recent heart surgery at the age of 82.
