Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists

Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by nailer on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @10:37AM (#8624262)

I get the feeling that there's a side that Buzzfeed and Pando aren't mentioning.

The executive mentioned 'they'd be justified' in digging up dirt on Sarah Lacy. I wonder on what basis that one would justify that - the article mentions Lacy's criticism for a dumb ad campaign in France, but that doesn't seem like something that would provoke a response saying 'we'd be justified on digging up dirt about you'.

Does anyone know if Sarah Lacy has dug up dirt on Uber staff and their families?

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by eli on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @10:47AM (#8624337)

That is extremely speculative. I know you're just asking questions, but let's give her the benefit of the doubt. Most people don't do things like that and it's not nice to imply otherwise absent any evidence.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by nailer on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @10:53AM (#8624392)

It's speculative, but not extremely so. Most people don't randomly suggest they'd be justified going after other people's families after simple criticism, so let's give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

EDIT: according to other posters, who read the website in question, Sarah Lacy regularly reports on people's personal lives. Which sounds like exactly what the under person was talking about doing back.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by Asparagirl on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @11:28AM (#8624620)

Most people aren't Uber.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by eli on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @02:52PM (#8625922)

What specifically did she do that would justify investigating her family?

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