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One tech exec is uber sorry after being outed for his creepy tirade against his company's sometimes unflattering press coverage.
Emil Michael, the senior VP of business at sharing-riding service Uber, told guests over dinner Friday at Manhattan's Waverly Inn that the company could combat negative press by spending a 'million dollars' to hire a team to discredit the journalists covering them.
Michael claimed his group of opposition researchers and journalists could dig into 'your personal lives, your families' in an effort to hit back at feisty reporters, BuzzFeed reported.
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But after his comments went public, Uber and Michael quickly threw the conversation in reverse.
'The remarks attributed to me at a private dinner - borne out of frustration during an informal debate over what I feel is sensationalistic media coverage of the company I am proud to work for - do not reflect my actual views and have no relation to the company's views or approach,' Michael said in a statement. 'They were wrong no matter the circumstance and I regret them.'
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