Charlie Rose's MacBook Air-Induced Black Eye

Charlie Rose's black eye and forehead injury are not from an interview subject fed up with Rose's incessant talking. It's actually from his valiant attempt to save his precious MacBook Air!

TechCrunch found out Rose tripped on a 59th Street pothole: "He was carrying a newly purchased MacBook Air and made a quick (but ultimately flawed) decision while falling: sacrifice the face, protect the computer." Producers said, "In doing so, he pretty much hit the pavement face first, unfortunately...The Macbook Air is fine, he showed us the blood stains on it this morning.”

Charlie Rose is a hardcore gadget fetishist: TechCrunch also included a previous photograph of Rose showing off three cell phones (he was probably using at least two of his three cell phones when he tripped!). It's unclear, though, if he called 311 or Mayor Bloomberg himself to complain about the vicious talk show host-maiming pothole.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 18, 2008 11:23 AM

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bev

I do not believe the story about Charlie Rose's black eye. That black and blue eye is not a result of a fall on the face. It would have to have affected his whole face not the protected socket. Who is he trying to kid?

Maybe he is embarrassed over the real truth. Maybe he doesn't want the public to know it. Maybe he was hit in the eye and doesn't want the person who did it to get the attention form the publicity.

Guest

"A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm."

And on that note, RIP Arthur C. Clarke...

r3dn4x

lol @ fight club reference... I thought the same thing

Josh_Horowitz_not

When Charlie tells you to book that goddamn Westminster dog... you go out there and BOOK THAT FUCKIN' DOG, DAVID!

eyekantspel

#1 - The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club.

#2 - The second rule of Fight Club is, you DO NOT talk about Fight Club.

#3 - If someone says stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over.

#4 - Two guys to a fight.

#5 - One fight at a time.

#6 - No shirts, no shoes.

#7 - Fights will go on as long as they have to.

#8 - If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight.

Think2wice

"Charlie Rose's black eye and forehead injury are not from an interview subject fed up with Rose's incessant talking."

I only wish that was true.

nivek

Why did he buy the worst Mac yet? :|

Ace

Law of robotics? What are you talking about? Stay away from drugs and alcohol Jeremy.

Karen

Give that man a steak for that eye!

BMMDan

i try not to tip potholes more than 15% for this exact reason...unless they take credit cards.

Nick S

TL, DR

jeremyjoyce

What will this do to Mac vs PC commercials? Sure Macs may be user friendly, shiny, a status symbol for regal talk show hosts and trust fund art nerds alike, but will they sacrifice themselves in order to protect you? Though immobile now, do Charlie Rose's actions not demonstrate that in some implicit way this machine is in violation of the laws of robotics. We see Macs personified all the time in commercials, by a dude (supposedly a cool dude), wearing jeans, chilling out, making cool stuff. It is this dude that let Charlie Rose fall, his smug sense of self satisfaction at being the most highly sought after piece of computer equipment in this age of ever eclipsing electronics kept his hands idle, and his surface undamaged as Charlie fell to the ground, clutching what he held most dear at the moment, a piece of technology that will be outdated with in a year. Oh Mac, you may have jeans and sweet graphics programs. You may be able to provide editing capabilities for thousands of overfunded film students, but you've blood on your hands now. Yes I've said it, your own sense of smugness is in direct violation of the first law of robotics (which since you're so smart you should learn to obey)

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Don't think that PC won't bring this up in the commercials. He has every right to. There is not a person on this earth who would not have their PC dashed to bits to protect their own face. They are cheap and the OS sucks. What a selfless righteous being, clearly superior when it comes to the greater interests of mankind.

It may not be so yet, but one day, Mac may make a robot, and if this robot is as any bit as self satisfied as the Mac Book air, I hope I don't have to tell you whose side they would take in a robot war.