Today's obligatory mainstream media CEO worship puff piece

[brentspeak]

This is what's become of today's journalism -- grovelling at the feet of billionaires who have all the time in the world to pursue their pet hobbies.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-founder-mark-zuckerberg-puts-rest-us-shame/story?id=26397846

Mark Zuckerberg Puts the Rest of Us to Shame by Speaking Fluent Chinese

By ALYSSA NEWCOMB
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via Good Morning America

How do you say "wow" in Chinese?

If you ever need shaming into keeping up with a New Years' resolution, look no further than the example set by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

While many spend hours each day scrolling through Facebook, the 30-year-old billionaire has been busy running his company and learning Mandarin, something he chose as his "personal challenge" in 2010.

Zuckerberg impressed the crowd at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Wednesday when he participated in a 30-minute question-and-answer session entirely in Chinese...

[hatrack]

1. Yes, and Putin addressed the Bundestag in fluent German

Does that make him "admirable", other than for his language skills?

[DetlefK]

3. He learned german back in days, at his old job.

[world wide wally]

2. Almost every impoverished child in Mexico can speak English

[samsingh]

4. stupid piece