Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 15th February 2015

Dilbert//9437, first published 11 years ago on Sunday 15th February 2015

Tags

ceos, executives, leadership, threat, internet, ruin journalist, off the record, reporters, bar conversation, negative article, criminally insane, brillaunet writer, venn diagram, technology

Official transcript

Dilbert: There's a bad story about you on the Internet. Apparently, you described a plan to "ruin any journalist who writes an unfair story"

about us. CEO: That was off the record! Dilbert: You said it in front of a dozen reporters at a business event. CEO: It was just bar conversation. I was making a point about fairness. Dilbert: Hmmm... but now no sane writer would write a negative article about us. I can't tell if you're a brilliant leader or criminally insane. CEO: I'd show you the Venn diagram they gave us in CEO school, but it just looks like a circle.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THERE'S A BAD STORY ABOUT YOU ON THE INTERNET.

APPARENTLY, YOU DESCRIBED A PLAN TO "RUIN ANY JOURNALIST WHO WRITES AN UNFAIR STORY" ABOUT US.

THAT WAS OFF THE RECORD!

YOU SAID IT IN FRONT OF A DOZEN REPORTERS AT A BUSINESS EVENT.

IT WAS JUST BAR CONVERSATION. I WAS MAKING A POINT ABOUT FAIRNESS.

HMMM... BUT NOW NO SANE WRITER WOULD WRITE A NEGATIVE ARTICLE ABOUT US.

I CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE A BRILLIANT LEADER OR CRIMINALLY INSANE.

I'D SHOW YOU THE VENN DIAGRAM THEY GAVE US IN CEO SCHOOL, BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A CIRCLE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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