In short, an Uber VP named Emil Michael recently proposed that Uber could, in theory, dig up dirt on critical journalists and use that to fight back against bad press. He specifically railed against PandoDaily editor Sarah Lacy, who published a piece critical of Uber back in October. To pile on, another Uber exec is now under fire for using the company’s “God View” data to track a journalist.
Uber, as you might expect, quickly distanced themselves from this line of thinking and promptly revealed details on its data policy.
If you were waiting for Ashton Kutcher to weigh in, well, today’s your lucky say.
Kutcher, an Uber investor, recently tweeted a question.
“What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist?” he asked.
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What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist? @pando @TechCrunch @Uber
What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist? @pando @TechCrunch @Uber
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This tweet is Kelso-levels of stupid “@aplusk: What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist? @pando @TechCrunch @Uber”
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U r all right and I’m on the wrong side of this ultimately. I just wish journalists were held to the same standards as public figures.
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This should be fun… Here comes the part where journalist explain why they should be exempt from ridicule and judgement and probing…
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To be clear I speak for my self not @Uber
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So as long as journalist are interested and willing to print half truths as facts… Yes we should question the source.
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Questioning the source needs to happen… Always!
Kutcher seems to have ended his Twitter rant with a bit of a concession.
“U r all right and I’m on the wrong side of this ultimately. I just wish journalists were held to the same standards as public figures,” he said.
Image via Ashton Kutcher, Twitter
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