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Comment by nhebb | Hacker News Reader

She came off as strident, and he came off as vague. It was a terrible interview on both sides and not worth reading.

    She came off as strident

That works for me. Presumably the rest of Kara's audience, too, as she has built her "brand" - hard-boiled tech reporter - around it.

If anyone could prevent Jack Dorsey from speaking in generalities, I'd assume it would be she.

Strident would be good if there was anything behind it, but she never says "this is over until you answer the question" or anything to that effect, so Dorsey just waffles past it.

Constantly demanding specifics; receives no specifics.

excellent word choice for Swisher.

If I were a tech exec in hot water for selling out civilization for billions in net losses, I'd be begging her to interview me. Nobody can make you feel sympathy for the devil like Kara can.

I think it was her who did a terrible interview with Elon Musk last year. Missing the points, changing topics, ...

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