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Resumegate Continues At Yahoo: Thompson Out As CEO, Levinsohn In

Posted by timothy on from the the-reasons-are-always-personal-aren't-they? dept.

Google85 writes with this news from All Things D: "Yahoo's embattled CEO Scott Thompson is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be a dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had on his bio, according to multiple sources close to the situation. The company will apparently say he is leaving for 'personal reasons.' Thompson's likely replacement on an interim basis will be Yahoo's global media head, Ross Levinsohn, who most recently also ran its Americas unit, including its advertising sales."

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  1. Stop using gate at the end of 'scandals' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jesus Christ people. Watergate was not about water.

    Stop this hackneyed, lazy labeling of scandals now!

    1. Re:Stop using gate at the end of 'scandals' by zhrike · · Score: 5, Funny

      Watergategate?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w

    2. Re:Stop using gate at the end of 'scandals' by RavenousBlack · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I think the feeble mind is the one that ignores an argument, attacks the one making the argument, and repeats the original line of thinking being argued against. The suffix adds plenty to the base word. If the title was just "Resume Continues at Yahoo: Thompson Out as CEO, Levinsohn In" then it wouldn't be clear what was meant. Adding -gate makes it apparent that there was some sort of scandal involving something about a resume. While it's not the only way to express that information it's one that has been adopted as understandable by a large enough population. Also, while it isn't true to what Watergate originally was: It. Doesn't. Matter. Meaning is not static. I would say that it takes a good mind to accept and adapt to the constant changes of language. And even further, you can't nitpick such a thing because you're guilty of it yourself! You used the word "orchestrated" in your post. The earliest origin of the word orchestra was used to refer to the area in a theater where the chorus was positioned. It has nothing to do with your use of it. You still used it fairly successfully though.

    3. Re:Stop using gate at the end of 'scandals' by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

      There are two constants to language: 1. languages evolve and take on new words and idioms and 2. some pedantic asshole is always there shouting "get off my lawn!"

      --
      The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  2. Re:Who's Running Corporations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they were willing to lie to get the job, then just how compromised are there ethics. This is the heart of the issue. The degree or lack there of is not important, only the implications of changing a CV. By the way it also looks like he only go found out because he stopped lying on FCC filings.