Uber Battles Itself

At a New York dinner party, Uber’s senior vice-president, Emil Michael, reportedly proposed a million-dollar opposition-research type campaign against reporters who have criticized the company.  The dominant company in America’s ride-sharing business may be harming its own reputation by alienating the very people who use its service. That’s according to Alison Griswold of Slate.com, who’s written a lot about Uber.