Uber Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael proposed spending $1 million to target reporters who wrote unfavorable stories about Uber. In particular, Emil proposed to hire researchers and journalists who would publish unflattering research about the reporters’ personal lives.
Coverage from The Verge.
See also Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped (p. 164), reporting specific subjects on which Michael sought opposition research, including a journalist’s marriage and her relationship with her business partner.