I have a graduate degree in journalism - and started programming in 1984…none of that focuses on the issue that happened at the conference with her interview.

It was a poorly done interview - no preparation (it appeared), a lack of understanding about the audience and a weak job at taking care of the source in a professional way.

Be shitty all you want - the reality is, it was a whiff. The end of the world? No. But definitely a three-strike, sit-down whiff.

Brad King

If your best defense of a journalist is that the person being interviewed thought it was okay - then you FAIL when it comes to understanding what journalism is.

Brad King

Insane!!

Really? I’ve been to SXSW four times and @media once, and have *never* seen it. Maybe I’m just lucky.

I’m not about to wade through 204 comments to see if this has been covered, but as far as I’m concerned, the most telling Twitter post all day came from Ms. Lacy herself:

http://twitter.com/sarahcuda/statuses/769000309

That’s a nuclear fucking fail, if I’ve ever seen one.

“She called him a kid a few times, questioned Facebook’s valuation in a way that wasn’t inquisitive… she disrepected her interviewee. The crowd noticed and wouldn’t let her forget it… The crowd picked up on that and that’s what triggered that awful feeling of awkwardness watching the interview.”

This quote exemplifies the poor judgement of many people in the room. I understand it’s how they *felt*, but it’s still a lack of judgement. They totally misread what was happening on stage, and the quality of the interview. And they behaved badly, like whiny eight year olds that lack the social skills to do anything other than scream and shout when they don’t get exactly what they want.

The truth is that Zuckerberg didn’t feel that Lacy disrespected him. Neither did he feel belittled by her. Nor did he feel awkward about Lacy’s interview style. That’s because Lacy had no intention of disrepecting or belittling Zuckerberg, or of making him feel awkward.

In fact, Zuckerberg felt that Lacy asked him interesting questions. He likes her interview style, and thinks that she’s a generally smart person that he enjoys working with. Like the majoriy of people who have read this thread and voted, Zuckerberg feels that the way the the audience treated Lacy was wrong.

Can you cite one example of something of substance from a comment by someone who was at the keynote that supports the general conclusions of people who weren’t there?

She was interviewing herself about how she knows Mark. Secondly, flirting is good. Jumping a guy on stage (which it was close to), not so much.

And yeah, “from what you can gather” does not make great news.

SHUT UP. Is that it? Well, let’s get Osama on Facebook so he can get in touch with his feelings and be all connected and docile.

*rolleyes*

In any case, for those that care to read them, the written analyses from those who *were* there merely serve to confirm that the video shows exactly what was going on. The more they write, the clearer their phenotypes become.