Ah, thanks for clarifying. That makes more sense. It did seem like a misunderstanding. The reporter was never told by her superiors at Forbes that the meeting w

Ah, thanks for clarifying. That makes more sense. It did seem like a misunderstanding. The reporter was never told by her superiors at Forbes that the meeting was under NDA. And she was "wearing two hats" at the time so to speak, which explains why she was invited to the meeting, but it wasn't as a "reporter" it seems: "In addition to writing and reporting, I helped run social media there, so I got pulled into a meeting with Google salespeople about Google’s then-new social" I wear multiple hats and sometimes roles have conflicting interests so it can difficult and confusing.