History May Not Be Forgotten Soon . . . But How Many Errors Sprout In Its Telling?
By DEXTER DUGGAN Noting the recent fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when two astronauts put the first footprints on the moon, in July 1969, the New York Daily News said walker number one was John Glenn. That wasn’t the only error in the article posted from the all-knowing world media headquarters of New York City, but was the most significant. Neil Armstrong was the first to step onto the moon. Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth seven years earlier, in 1962, wasn’t even along for the ride on Apollo 11. Recall the saying that once you hear two different witness accounts of the same automobile accident, you start to worry about the accuracy of…Continue Reading