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The Daily Read – The Fire Emil Michael Edition – 11/18/2014

Emil Michael, one of Uber’s top executives talked some smack about journalists……to another journalist!

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KnowTechie Daily Read

Today’s Daily Read is all about……you guessed it, Uber! Seriously, Emil Michael is an idiot and deserves to be fired. Like seriously. Read a couple of these and let me know if you agree or not in the comments! 

Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists

(www.buzzfeed.com)

“A senior executive at Uber suggested that the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media – and specifically to spread details of the personal life of a female journalist who has criticized the company.”

by @BuzzfeedBen 

The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women

(www.pandodaily.com)

“A big debate among the Pando staff for the past two years has been over just how morally bankrupt Uber is. Earlier this evening, a bombshell story by Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith proves the reality is way worse than anyone on our team could have expected. And that’s saying something.”

by @sarahcuda 

Uber has an asshole problem

(www.vox.com)

“Uber vice president Emil Michael mused aloud about the possibility of the company conducting opposition research on hostile journalists, reports Ben Smith of Buzzfeed. Michael was especially concerned about Sarah Lacy’s coverage at Pando Daily.”

by @mattyglesias 

Sarah Lacy on Uber Exec’s Plan to Smear Her: Every Woman Using Uber Should Be Scared

(www.recode.net)

“Sarah Lacy – the target of a proposed $1 million smear campaign by Uber, whose top executive bragged about his idea of investigating her private life at a media dinner in New York on Friday night – was re-doing her home security last night.”

by @NellieBowles

Uber’s Dirty Tricks Won’t Hurt It

(www.bloombergview.com)

“The rideshare company Uber, with an implied value of about $18 billion and on the hunt to raise additional capital, is dealing with a public-relations nightmare of cartoonish proportions.”

by @ktbenner 

Uber Accused Of Accessing Users’ Profiles

(www.buisnessinsider.com)

“Uber is in the news this morning after an executive made some bone-headed remarks in public. Emil Michael, SVP of Business at Uber, suggested that Uber could spend “a million dollars” to form a group of people that would research the “personal lives” and “families” of journalists who are critical of the company.”

by @jyarow

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2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. America The Stupid

    November 18, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    The CEO, another idiot, releases a multi-part tweet in response to Emil’s dung pile. CEO and DungPileEmil both are representative of the arrogance and self-absorbed nature of the American culture. The dumbing down has been many years in the making and we are now members of a completely self-absorbed, narcissistic non-discerning society that cares not one wit for any one other than our puny little selves.

    Kalanick is a child who should have fired DungPileEmil the moment DungPile had his little rant. Kalanick should also have not responded by twatting through twitter (twitter: another tool for the self-absorbed). He should have stood up in front of the press and spoke like a leader and took the difficult questions. Nope, let’s hide behind anti-social ‘social’ networks.

    As America does its slow-motion slide off the cliff and we all stare like deer in the headlights. Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic. Please, save your little hunt&peck fingers and do not waste your time responding. I shan’t be back.

    • Kevin Raposo

      November 18, 2014 at 7:27 pm

      Thanks for the comment…..whoever you are.

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