[REQ] MagicalTux please desist from live TV interviews

[kiko]

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/seeing-huge-increase-in-bitcoin-customers-karpeles-xsmrZuQxQ2CIkPQoeeDJsA.html

Soo...How bad was that trainwreck?

I couldn't even bring myself to put it in the press section.

Already quite a beat-down on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1d516d/mtgox_bloomberg_interview_with_karpeles_seeing/

Edit: Oops meant for main board.

[chriswilmer]

Yes, let's not be mean.

[The-Real-Link]

It looked like he was fairly nervous and that yeah, English isn't his language of choice.  He still could answer to the best of his ability though so, good job!

[da2ce7]

I'm sure he would be great if speaking French.  His command of written English is great... maybe next time there is somebody wanting to do an interview, have a translator.

[Bitware]

They need an official spokesperson.

[skull88]

They need an official spokesperson.

This

But he didn't do too bad, I'm not a native English speaker too, and while I understand it perfectly and can perfectly have a conversation in English, doing a tv interview probably would end up the same like this, probably even worser. He is nervous and putting myself in his place, I would be nervous too and if you got to speak in another language than your native language when your nervous is probably not the easiest thing to do. So respect for doing this, but everybody is good in something different, an official spokesman would probably be a good idea.

[Shinobi]

The shock is not that he is expected to be conversant in English, the shock is at the astoundingly poor judgment exhibited by him to even appear. This guy controls 80% of the Bitcoin's liquidity and these is how they present themselves?

The cult of Bitcoin has you apologists bending over backwards to explain away this trainwreck, eh? Good god.

[benjamindees]

I honestly am curious, do you all think the accent and the bouncy-ball were the biggest issue, or did he actually say something dumb?  It seemed okay to me.  I thought he came off as an eccentric geek who is cautiously optimistic about Bitcoin and who answered the interviewers questions as best he could.

[jubalix]

I honestly am curious, do you all think the accent and the bouncy-ball were the biggest issue, or did he actually say something dumb?  It seemed okay to me.  I thought he came off as an eccentric geek who is cautiously optimistic about Bitcoin and who answered the interviewers questions as best he could.

no...the other interview!!!

[Alonzo Ewing]

Cults have strict rules about who speaks for the cult.  They're closed environments where the gospel can only be spread by a few wise men.  You and the OP sound more like cult members to me.

What does it matter if a few people didn't understand him?  (I understood him just fine; I thought the interviewer was terrible in the questions he asked, especially the initial one.)  Bitcoin will survive or not based on whether the technology works and beats the political forces that try to stop it, not whether Mark Karpeles has gift of gab. 

Seriously, some people here sound like scared schoolgirls every time someone does an interview they don't like. 

"Oh my god, whatever will people think!" 

Bitcoin is stronger than that. 

The shock is not that he is expected to be conversant in English, the shock is at the astoundingly poor judgment exhibited by him to even appear. This guy controls 80% of the Bitcoin's liquidity and these is how they present themselves?

The cult of Bitcoin has you apologists bending over backwards to explain away this trainwreck, eh? Good god.

[wumpus]

"Oh my god, whatever will people think!"  

Bitcoin is stronger than that.  

+1
There is no way to control who will speak for Bitcoin. Better to just not worry about it.

I personally prefer these honest interviews with the actual people involved to trained PR talking heads that have been trained to bring the same old message with 100% confidence.

And it could be much worse too, he's a serious businessman who took a big risk on bitcoin, and not some kind of paranoiac loonie they randomly took from these forums

[Etlase2]

What does it matter if a few people didn't understand him?  (I understood him just fine; I thought the interviewer was terrible in the questions he asked, especially the initial one.)

I don't have strong opinions of the interview one way or another. I don't think he did well, but I understand that he was probably way out of his element. However, anyone getting on TV to talk about anything related to bitcoin better have general answers ready for questions like these. A generic question about bitcoin when he is expected to talk about MtGox should not completely fluster him.

[paulie_w]

it wasn't that bad.

[benjamindees]

no...the other interview!!!

Oh, I see... yes that is worse.  Live interviews are probably best left to the professionals.

[franky1]

i wouldnt say for him to stop going on TV, but maybe to stick to TV in his native country, then he can have a more fluid conversation without nerves /delays of trying to translate what he is hearing/trying to say.

what we need is MANY spokes people.

not a select few. so that spanish media can speak to a spanish 'expert', french with french, UK with uk ETC ETC
have local people across the world to speak to their local media outlets. that way bitcoin is not dominated by 4 americans