Was the media duped by Elizabeth Holmes?
A conversation with 60 Minutes about media coverage of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her hot startup, Theranos
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Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty on four counts of wire fraud. In 2018, Norah O’Donnell reported on Holmes' company, Theranos, which had a blood-testing machine that could never perform as touted and went from billion-dollar baby to complete bust.
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