Via Alex Barnett:
A Norwegian journalist has admitted that he fabricated interviews with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, media reports said Monday.
Freelance writer Bjoern Benkow said in a statement that the interviews, published in Norwegian and Swedish media, were partially concocted because of financial "desperation," the newspaper Verdens Gang reported.
"I have met and talked to these global celebrities," Benkow was quoted as saying. "But the circumstances and times have not always been as I described."
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