The earth is still round, in spite of a doctored tweet from Twitter and SpaceX owner Elon Musk claiming otherwise.
This tweet was fabricated.An image of a purported tweet from the entrepreneur suggests otherwise.
"The world is flat and I can’t get past the firmament!" read what looked like an April 25 tweet from Musk, referring to an unfounded belief that Earth is covered in a dome. The tweet then followed up with a question that lacked a question mark:"Anyone want to buy SpaceX," it read. A March 11 Instagram post sharing this image was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.
We found no evidence that Musk said this. It doesn’t appear in his Twitter feed, nor is there any news coverage of Musk saying this. And such a tweet would draw media attention, especially considering SpaceX has
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