60 Minutes Pimps Facebook

I’m going to puke the 3 martinis I just had this evening.  I saw a promo earlier this week for 60 Minutes that showed an interview with Mark Zuckerberg the  founder of Facebook and told my wife I definitely needed to watch it.

There was something about the promo that made me say, “This is a pimp job.  They will not mention Myspace once during the entire interview”.

So tonight, we watched 60 Minutes.

I cannot recall a bigger pimp job on something in recent memory.

Leslie Stahl, correspondent extraordinaire, seemed to just be all goo-goo over Mark Zuckerberg and his talents.  Ooooh…I can create my own page???  Ooooh…I actually have…FRIENDS out there who know me???

And lo and behold, nary a mention of Myspace, which for the record I think is the abortion of the internet.

Nothing but comparisons to Facebook being the next Google.

Uh, excuse me??  Google is a freakin’ SEARCH ENGINE.  How can you compare Facebook to anything without mentioning Myspace??  And I repeat, I have nothing to do with, nor do I even like, Myspace.

Facebook, like Myspace, is a social network.  Google is a search engine.

Look, Myspace, Facebook, Hi5, they are what they are.  But to call them something else, in a format like 60 Minutes is P-I-M-P-I-N-G

This was a joke and proof (in my opinion) how easy it is for a 23 year old billionaire to advertise his website on CBS.

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2 Responses to “60 Minutes Pimps Facebook”

  1. Rifer on January 14th, 2008 6:10 am

    RIGHT ON dude….this was whoring at it’s best

  2. John on January 14th, 2008 6:11 am

    Wish I caught this one. I’ve heard so many complaints about all the big sites, I’m going to sink all their ships. I will marry a social site to a search engine. Results will be more personable. Better get back to work. Lots to do being one person against the giants!

    Later

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