The Next Web:
There has been a misquote being passed around the net like wildfire this morning. According to the quote that is being reported widely by tech and Apple blogs, Eric Schmidt said that he stayed on Apple’s Board of Directors until he “couldn’t stand the board anymore.”
But that quote is incorrect, Schmidt actually said: “I was on the board until I couldn’t stay on the board anymore,”
The SF Chronicle has corrected its original story, but the error is still echoing over the blogosphere.
A good sound bite never dies.
And the blogosphere’s not the only place where misquotes live forever. From the NY Times this week: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/falser-words-were-never-spoken.html
I’d have more readily believed the rest of the board couldn’t stand *him.*