As an added note, I was looking at old Yahoo CEO stories I did and noticed you brought up several names for CEO in comments, including former Yahoo execs Tim Koogle and Jeff Mallett.

Hype! Plus you were wrong!

Still, I will try to forgive you.

I made lists of possible CEOs, Sam. I did not say the board was picking them. I said they were likely people to look at, based on talking to headhunters, SV folks and investors.

I also did a piece on suggestions for CEO by ex-Yahoos.

I wrote all that as such, as suggestions and not facts.

I only reported four definite facts:

That News Corp. COO Peter Chernin was called by Yahoo about the job and turned them down. He did. (http://kara.allthingsd.com/200.....se-emerge/)

That Sue Decker was an internal candidate, but she would not get it and would likely leave. She did. (http://kara.allthingsd.com/200.....what-next/)

Several times, that several Yahoo board members raised their hands for the job. They did.

And, last week and first before anyone, that Carol Bartz was the #1 choice of the board. She was. (http://kara.allthingsd.com/200.....rol-bartz/)

Why don’t you read what I write, which has been highly accurate, rather than making a specious point?

I stuck to the facts and have broken every major story this year, from all the departing execs to the collapse of the Microsoft deal to the departure of CEO Jerry Yang. Check your facts. And stop reading if you think it is hype, but those who pay attention know this is the place for true news.

Kara, you had so many candidates in your daily speculation report that with Carol being named CEO it really goes to show you had/have no clue

What happened to Frank Biondi, Jon Miller, etc. whom you touted every friggin’ day as the potential CEO

Just goes to show you your hype was just hype

Stick to the facts, isn’t that a tenet of journalism?

Autodesk?

Are you serious?

That was a popular company about 25 years ago

More evidence that Yang and his baloney board have no clue about the future of the web or media.