It feels like Zuck is in panic and listening too much to his PR advisors who are likely telling him to stay out of the public until the storm settles. Not a smart move on this particular case
> Zuck is in panic and listening too much to his PR advisors
In all fairness, and with a healthy dose of irony, he isn't a terrific people person. At least not in front of the camera. Unfortunately, one of the jobs of the CEO of a crisis-stricken company is to be the face of the response.
Rupert Murdoch somehow managed to survive. They aren’t as savage in person as they appear to be. Indeed, who knows what info Facebook/whatsapp they have on the MPs and their families!
What a mess.
Yes is this a new thing? I don't remember in the past the committees being so publicly snide and unpleasant like they seem to be now. Maybe it wasn't televised so prominently before?
And the most strange part is how they now have celebrity appearances as well - comedians and actors?
They always let loose a little - you can go back and look at old transcripts and see much the same thing.
There's a certain element of it becoming slightly worse due to being televised. In an era where there is a huge gap between government rhetoric and practice, it can be a useful way to signal ones 'principles' even as one files obediently through the government lobby when it comes to voting on actual legislation.
It’s less of a grilling when MPs know what they are talking about, which I suspect is not the case here. I expect some will wrongly describe Facebook’s business model as “selling personal information”.
Sending Schrep & Chris will help assess this and clarify some things.
When you've fucked up at that level a bit of humble pie goes a long way towards smoothing over the various ruffled feathers. There wasn't anything to win here but there was a lot to lose.
