With Anita Sarkeesian's Reputation Under Assault, Sarah Lacy's May Be Saved Due To Uber's Dinner Gaffe

With Anita Sarkeesian’s Reputation Under Assault, Sarah Lacy’s May Be Saved Due To Uber’s Dinner Gaffe

1. Gamergate dishes out death threats. Significant numbers of white, heterosexual males are in revolt as women enter the online gaming space in record numbers. Calling these men trolls is an understatement — say women gamers, led by media critic and Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian.

2. Within the context of Anita Sarkeesian’s experiences, the bombshell news story by Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith about Uber’s SVP of business Emil Michael suggesting a $million strategy to personally attack journalists who oppose Uber’s business policies. In particular, Michael was talking about discrediting one journalist, Sarah Lacy, the editor of Silicon Valley website PandoDaily.