Letterman Nails McCain On Terror Pal
Here's a preview of John McCain on Late Show tonight. He told host David Letterman, "I screwed up," then laughed and did a little "gee whiz" shrug, and made an awkward joke about being tortured in Vietnam. "What can I say?!" the Republican presidential nominee asked. Um, maybe give a reason why you lied about having…
The Best Of Arnold Diaz And "Shame Shame Shame"
On Fox 5's Shame Shame Shame, Arnold Diaz traipses around "uncovering people who are involved in potentially shady dealings" and gives them guff. Ostensibly he's protecting the consumer, but as our expert clip compiler Nick McGlynn demonstrates, he's often just being a jerk. How about that!
Burping is the only guarantee
Oh look, a New York Times piece about AOL customer service reps!
Oh Schmidt! Google CEO forgets he used the term Web 2.0
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, TIME, October 2:
Class-action power curve
While AOL's chief speaks at MIT,
Things HP CEO Mark Hurd is too busy for
Because the story that Hewlett-Packard's CEO was too "focused on getting the company fixed" to make sure the chairwoman didn't break it again is ludicrous, and because making comics is fun, here are more situations Mark Hurd can't handle because he's busy with his job.
Mark Hurd too busy running company to run company
Friends of Mark Hurd pulled off a beautiful spin job explaining to the New York Times why the Hewlett-Packard CEO didn't stop chairwoman Patricia Dunn and a whole team of investigators from digging up reporters' phone records and planning to plant spies at media outlets.
Gotcha! Marissa Mayer's big mistake
The Guardian UK on Marissa Mayer, Google's VP and de facto spokesperson, August 25:
