The chief executive of the Internet giant Yahoo, Scott Thompson, is stepping down following accusation that he lied about having a computer science degree in his job application. He's being replaced for the time being by the firm's head of global media, Ross Levinsohn. Our Washington correspondent Jonathan Blake explains.

互联网巨头雅虎的总裁斯科特·汤普森辞职，原因是他被指控申请这份工作时谎称自己有计算机科学学位。暂时接替他的是公司全球媒体主管罗斯·莱文索恩。BBC驻华盛顿记者Jonathan Blake解释道：

Scott Thompson has, it seems put information on his biography that turned out not to be true. He claimed to have an accounting and computer science degree, when in fact, he only has a degree in accounting. And Yahoo has, in the last few days, made it clear that that information was incorrect. What is not clear is whether he put it there deliberately or it came from somewhere else. Scott Thompson himself blames a headhunting company. But that headhunting company has denied that claim.

斯科特·汤普森好像在简历里写有不实信息，他称自己有会计和计算机科学学位，而事实上只有会计学位。过去几天里，雅虎已确证这些信息虚假。但尚不清楚究竟是汤普森故意为之，还是有别的方面出错了。科特·汤普森将之归咎于一家猎头公司，但这家公司对此表示否认。