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MothBalls 12-11-12 06:11 PM

Space legend Neil Armstrong dies
 
Quote:

Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made "one giant leap for mankind" when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/

A true American hero passed away. RIP.

TLAM Strike 12-11-12 06:22 PM

Ummmm... this happened in August... :hmmm:

Egan 12-11-12 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MothBalls (Post 1974226)
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/

A true American hero passed away. RIP.

I'm confused. Didn't he die a few months ago? August, I think?

TLAM got there first. Now I know how Buzz felt.

Dowly 12-11-12 06:23 PM

Uh... good job CNN. :doh:

vienna 12-11-12 06:37 PM

This just in!!!:

Dewey Beats Truman!! Details to follow!!...

<O>

Jimbuna 12-11-12 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1974235)
Uh... good job CNN. :doh:

Amazing gaff :)

Sailor Steve 12-11-12 06:50 PM

Yep, old news.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...neil+armstrong

Sailor Steve 12-11-12 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vienna (Post 1974242)
This just in!!!:

Dewey Beats Truman!! Details to follow!!...

<O>

Brilliant! :rotfl2: :rock:

August 12-11-12 07:06 PM

If you look at the articles comments section you'll see that most of them are also 4 months old. Apparently CNN just put today's date on an article they published back in August.

Edit: we really need a shoulder shrug smiley....

Cybermat47 12-11-12 08:15 PM

CNN is recycling news articles!?

AVGWarhawk 12-11-12 09:30 PM

Slow news day.

mapuc 12-11-12 09:38 PM

I have the knowledge of movies and series that are being reruns over and over again and again, but news??

Markus

Takeda Shingen 12-11-12 10:10 PM

Really guys, this isn't hard to explain. If you look to the bottom of the article, you see a link to a compilation entitled Obituaries 2012: The Lives They Lived, which appears to be a standard end year compilation of those we lost. This article has been linked as part of that compilation.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/obituaries/index.html

Click on Neil Armstrong and you'll be taken to the page linked in post No. 1.

Herr-Berbunch 12-12-12 03:11 AM

Maybe he rose again as a zombie and has finally been put down?

The BBC do a similar thing, they'll edit a piece for some miniscule information or a typo and republish it adding 'edited on ####'. You flick through the latest articles and there it appears. :/\\!!

Pisces 12-12-12 04:56 AM

The link suggests it is indeed an article from 25th of August, as do the 4 months old comments. They probably pollished up the article for end-of-year reviews. Somehow this update changed the datestamp at the top of the page. It should have reveived an additional update timestamp.

Nevertheless, for ever remembered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtdcdxvNI1o

Neil Alden Armstrong, 5 augustus 1930 – 25 augustus 2012

Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012


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