Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists

UBER Exec Floats Digging Up Dirt On Journalists' 'Personal Lives, Families'
Emil Michael, senior vice president of business for Uber Technologies Inc., smiles during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Michael discussed Uber's targeting of business travelers and surge pricing. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Emil Michael, senior vice president of business for Uber Technologies Inc., smiles during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Michael discussed Uber's targeting of business travelers and surge pricing. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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.

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