Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz is known for not pulling any punches when it comes to zinging her company — this fall, she referred to the company’s operating margins as “pathetic” and, last spring, used an unprintable four-letter word to refer to the productivity of some of her employees. But during the company’s earnings call this week, Bartz seemed to transform herself into a big defender of her company’s so-so performance — at one point even comparing Yahoo’s results favorably to “traditional media” (of all industries). Three examples, after the jump.
Bartz on the company’s 10-percent year-over-year drop in revenue:
Most of the S&P 500 suffered with declining revenue last year and includes many of our largest customers. In that (line), Yahoo

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