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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:39:47 +0000

[...] kicked off a twitter and blog based assault on Lacy that spiraled through the blogosphere. However Kara Swisher, Michael Arrington and Owen Thomas (who miraculously all agree on something for once), have it [...]

By: George Snell

George Snell — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:29:55 +0000

Hi Kara:
I’ll buy that t-shirt. As a former journalist (and now PR consultant) I’ve been on both sides during bad interviews. They happen. They’re uncomfortable (even painful). And when you’re stuck in the middle of one it can feel like you’re in an airplane heading for a mountain side.

I agree that Sarah was nervous and as a result she lost it (always a bad move to turn on your audience). It will blow over. It always does.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:07 +0000

Bruce:

Scoble! More Scoble!

By: Reid Wegley

Reid Wegley — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:36:21 +0000

Kara,

The mistake Lacy made during this interview was focusing solely on the business story, while talking to a crowd of developers who were waiting for something targeted directly at them.

The business questions she asked were spot on.

As for her flirting and the flacking? The flacking was cool. The flirting? I dunno.

ReidWegs

By: Bruce Evans

Bruce Evans — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:33:20 +0000

If the interview went badly, (and come on, it really wasn’t that bad) Zuckerberg is partly to blame. An interview like that is a performance, with responsibilities by both parties. Mr. Mark let Sarah down methinks, and seemed to relish slowly feeding her to the wolves.

Now, can we PLEASE move on to what Scoble is doing?

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:21:16 +0000

Dev:

Obviously, I agree. Plus if people did not like it, they should have just left or tuned out. They just wanted to go on and on. Sort of like my kids when they don’t get to watch Scooby Doo. Except my kids behave a lot better.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:18:54 +0000

Zeno:

The interview might not have been well done. So what? But this overreaction is worse,

It was in no way fair to get that flamed over such an issue. I would call it sexist if the reaction wasn’t so essentially inane.

By: dev null

dev null — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:46:13 +0000

After watching the entire interview, I find myself wondering if any of the authors of the many articles I read about it yesterday have done the same.

Was it a great interview? No, but it was a lot better than many of the recent political “debates” I have suffered through in recent months.

It was certainly not the disaster I read about on various “respected” tech news sites. The authors of those stores might want to do some actual research before hitting the keyboard the next time.

At this point, my respect for Sarah is far greater than that I have for most of those that reported on the keynote.

By: Zeno Davatz

Zeno Davatz — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:52:48 +0000

If you will ask similar questions like Sarah did then I believe you will get flamed as well. Sarah was more interested talking about herself then then really focusing on Facebook and the concerns the Users of Facebook have with Facebook. She was too cool and not serious enough. She should read some books of Oriana Fallaci to learn how to interview seriously and how to interview successful people. Sarah Lacey was not prepared and not organized. It is only fair that she got flamed.