No one likes James Murdoch! Not his dad—News Corp CEO Rupert, who's not pleased with James' handling of "hackgate"—and not independent News Corp shareholders, three-quarters of whom voted against returning James to the board of directors.

However media coverage of the Hewlett-Packard board scandal goes, we all know who really wins a media-saturated fight — it's whoever gets the best photos in the press. And after seeing this photo in every damn article about this story, we declare ex-director Tom Perkins the champion.

In the latest comment on the Hewlett-Packard leaker-snooping scandal, The New York Times spanks the board by suggesting that its members need a lesson in good behavior (and a night class in ethics). "People just don't have a lot of patience with this board anymore," one analyst tells the paper.