'Houston, we have a problem': DC news outlet ultimately aborts mission after attempting to commemorate Apollo 11 [screenshots]

As Twitchy told you earlier, the New York Daily News marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch with an error-riddled tweet:

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— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 16, 2019

Not to be outdone, here’s how D.C. outlet WTOP commemorated the historic occasion:

The progression here, I'm cracking up LMAOOOOO pic.twitter.com/axKHsRjdwR

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 16, 2019

Amazing.

Womp womp pic.twitter.com/PYpB7UxqIc

— chris staranka (@chrisforfree) July 16, 2019

Houston, we have a problem.

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 16, 2019

Let me tweet this stor…… pic.twitter.com/hZuhp6tRAU

— Gregory Flaherty (@GJFlaherty) July 16, 2019

The moon landing is racist was the take we all needed this week. Peak 2019.

— Mattison Brooks (@MBPRDC) July 16, 2019

can't stop laughing

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 16, 2019

OMFG that's hilarious. ?

— S.C.K. (@UnknwnAdventure) July 16, 2019

I think they need to nuke WTOP's servers from orbit. Only way to be sure the story doesn't come back. https://t.co/JwckLtituM

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 16, 2019

Our media seem to be overrun with an increasing number of historically ignorant people.

— Adso of Melk (@PalimpsestMan) July 16, 2019

You ever have one of those amazing moments where you realize how little the average journo writing a piece about something knows about a given topic?
It's such a great feeling.

— ?Boko Harambe? (@BokoHarambe) July 16, 2019

So this is pretty much it for us, huh? It's been a good run, kids. A little sloppy at the end, but it happens to the best of us.

— CRL (@Lindowitz) July 16, 2019