Newsweek Returns with a Thud [Updated]
IBT Media’s Zombie Newsweek debuted only yesterday, and already there’s a problem. A big one. Newsweek’s cover story claimed that Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, a 65 year old engineer, created Bitcoin. The media freaked out, with some proclaiming the piece “brilliant journalism.” The problem? Nakamoto has denied any involvement with the digital currency.
In a two hour interview with the AP, Nakamoto denied having any involvement in Bitcoin, and the only reason he had ever heard of it was because a Newsweek reporter contacted his son three weeks ago.
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