This Means War, Carol Hymowitz (UPDATE)
Everyone complains that blogs rip their material from newspapers and magazines. For the most part, it's true: We are indeed the vultures hovering over the mainstream media's festering carcass. But unoriginality is a two-way street, friends. Just ask Carol Hymowitz.
There we were, sitting down to our Honey Graham Oh's, looking forward to a relaxing Monday morning with the Wall Street Journal Marketplace section, when we see this "In The Lead" column -- and this chart in particular:
Look familiar? Let us refresh your memory:
Shameless ripoff? Innocent coincidence? Carol never replied to our email, so you be the judge. All we have to say is this: You're free to borrow the idea, Hymowitz. But stay the hell away from our pie charts.
BETRAYAL UPDATE 9:45 p.m.: Hymowitz went to an Ivy grad school. The dagger twists.
One Comment | 
| 
Print This Post
Read more: IvyGate, wall street journal, war
Email – 
Search
About
Follow us on Twitter
Report a bug
Archives
RSS Feed
September 20th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
let hymowitz and her public school nouveaux riches chase their CEO fantasies. it’s clear from your exhalted and far prettier pie chart that ivy grads truly rule this great land- and that’s all we ever needed to know.