Media: The journalism mistake of a lifetime

 

     I've made a lot of factual errors in my 50 year broadcast news career, and I remember them even more than the great stories I broke!

     But the folks at The Cleveland Plains Dealer newspaper have confirmed an error they made in the biggest story of a generation:

We all know what Neil Armstrong said in that magical moment when his foot touched the lunar surface:. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Some believe he actually said “One small step for a man,” but history says otherwise.)

Legend had it that we got it wrong at The Plain Dealer, that we reported, “One small step for me, one giant leap for man.”

And now the paper has the proof. Read about it HERE. 

(By the way, if you listen to the recording of his statement, it is garbled a bit, and you can hear the CBS news crew questioning what he said in the second part! You can see where a mistake could be made).