NBC NEWS ACCIDENTALLY DECLARES NEIL YOUNG DEAD, NOT NEIL ARMSTRONG

Black Book ^ | 08/25/2012 | Jessica Wakeman

[SeekAndFind]

Whoopsies. Someone is getting spanked over at the NBC News right now. While publishing the news that astronaut Neil Armstrong passed away today at age 82, the headline writer accidentally wrote "Neil Young" had died. Fret not, Neil Young is alive and well and probably off getting stoned somewhere.

A bad error? Like Jeremy Lin's "chink in the armor" bad? Yes … but it is not difficult to see how errors like this occur in a 24/7 news cycle when every outlet is competitively rushing to be the first one to report breaking news. (Whether they're first to report right or wrong news is a different story altogether.) NBC News reported on Neil Armstrong's death first, which is a feather in their cap.  Yet likely the urgency of breaking the story led the author of the piece/headline writer to click "post" too fast when another read-through would clearly have been a good idea.

My sympathy goes out to whichever poor working-on-a-Saturday-in-August soul is getting in trouble right now. Getting caught in a big whoppin' mistake — and a screen grabbed big whoppin' mistake, no less — is never fun for anyone.

[jmacusa]

He found a place to call his own and tried to fix up.. :-)

[BradyLS]

If NBC acts fast, maybe they’ll give us a two-fer! :-D

[Onelifetogive]

As a southern man that doesn’t need him around anyhow, the easiest way to clear this up in not a retraction, but to go ahead and off him...

[Drew68]

"What was it like not being the first man on the moon? Was you ever jealous of Louis Armstrong?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTKedyQQkZQ

[Drew68]

As a southern man that doesn’t need him around anyhow

Notice Ronnie's t-shirt. Legend has it he was buried in it.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

NEIL YOUNG DEAD!

You know it's better to burn out, than it is to rust.

Hey hey, my my.

[Fresh Wind]

CSN was great until they picked up Neil Young.

Neil Armstrong is an American hero. Neil Young is and will always be a third rate singer.

[Minutemen]

LOL!

[LS]

I saw Young live circa 1971-2 with Cosby Stills, Nash, and Young and having seen almost every major heavy band was shocked because they were the loudest band I ever heard.

[Cvengr]

Does this mean CC Jung is still alive too? ;^)

[FreedomPoster]

I’m going to say that was the Neil Young influence.

While I never saw CSNY, I’ve seen them all in various combinations and permutations at one time or another.

[LS]

It was very surprising to me. I heard Hendrix, twice, Cream, Blue Cheer (once called the loudest band on earth), and CSNY was far louder.

[brewcrew]

...but a GREAT song writer.

Some song writers shouldn't sing, though.