Gaga's VMA performance got her a lot of positive press though. They compared her to Miley and most people were just dragging Miley to the pits (especially that picture of her butt side by side with the chicken

). Miley's performance was more like the Kanye-Taylor event: more of an occurrence at the show rather than the actual performances.
Gaga standing up for One Direction, her big booty and her performance did nothing except get her praise. Not massive amounts of it but no one was dragging Applause or her after.