Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook's work with GOP opposition research firm

The call kicked off with the operator's suggestion that Facebook is "happy to take a couple of questions on yesterday's news" but would prefer to focus on what it wants to talk about — namely anything but The New York Times story. Amidst the strategic fluff, Zuckerberg did come out strongly on one thing — denying any knowledge of or involvement in Facebook's hiring of Definers Public Affairs, a Washington, D.C.-based Republican opposition research firm. "I learned about this reading it in The New York Times yesterday," Zuckerberg said.