Arianna Huffington: No sooner did word leak out that Mark Zuckerberg will appear on Oprah today to announce a donation of $100 million to the Newark public school system than the media long knives were unsheathed. According to the naysayers, the Facebook CEO was making the donation to counteract the negative depiction of him in The Social Network or "to ward off any negative stigma" arising from his new standing as America's 35th wealthiest person. New York magazine called it "the PR move of the month." So the $100 million donation to Newark's public schools is not in and of itself the story? The story is figuring out the motivation behind it? I really don't care why Mark Zuckerberg is donating $100 million to improve the lives of Newark's children. I care very much that it's being done. So let's skip the dime store Freud and celebrate Zuckerberg's game-changing gift. Click here to read more.
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