On social networks, astronaut obit is one small step back on facts
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Social networks can sometimes -- more often than we'd like, really -- illuminate and amplify the ignorance of the occasional news consumer.
Twitter is providing a perfect example today where people this morning greeted an ABC News online report of Neil Armstrong's death.
The first human to set foot on the moon actually died a year ago Sunday. The story had the wrong date.
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