From the Department of Unintended Irony:
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg sure could use a good dictionary. He seems very confused regarding the meaning of the word "conspiracy." From Tom Krazit at
CNET News.com:
The head of the telecom giant seemed a bit irritated about Apple's
march into the mobile phone industry when he answered a question posed
by the Financial Times about Apple's chances of reaching the mass market with the iPhone 3G by saying, "There goes the conspiracy again. You're declaring them a winner before they've earned it on the field."
Let's consult Merriam-Webster's
online dictionary:
- Main Entry: conspiracy
1: the act of conspiring together
2 a: an agreement among conspirators b: a group of conspirators
In case that's not clear...
- Main Entry: conspire
- 1 a: to
join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act
which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement
Conspire much, Verizon?