Discussion

• @dkhos Dara Khosrowshahi on x

  There's no forgiving or forgetting what happened to Jamal Khashoggi & I was wrong to call it a “mistake.” As I told @danprimack after our interview, I said something in the moment I don't believe. Our investors have long known my views here & I'm sorry I wasn't as clear on Axios …

• @hbodocs HBO Documentaries on x

  .@Uber CEO @dkhos discusses his decision to stay out of Saudi Arabia after the murder of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi with @Axios co-founder @MikeAllen and Axios business editor @DanPrimack. https://twitter.com/...

• @bnonews @bnonews on x

  Uber CEO on Saudi Arabia's killing of Jamal Khashoggi: “It's a serious mistake. We've made mistakes too, right, with self-driving ... So I think that people make mistakes. It doesn't mean that they can never be forgiven” https://twitter.com/...

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  To be fully transparent: About an hour after ending our “Axios on HBO” interview with @dkhos, Dara called my cell to express regret for the language he used vis-a-vis Khashoggi. The next day he email over an official statement.

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  Watch Uber CEO @dkhos dance around simple questions about Jamal Khashoggi's murder and Saudi funding. It should not have been hard to answer these. He calls the murder a “mistake” https://twitter.com/...

• @karenattiah Karen Attiah on x

  I need everyone to pay attention to what @Uber CEO @dkhos is saying here. Not only is he running cover for the Saudi government by saying the pre-planned murder of a @washingtonpost writer was a “mistake”, he compares the murder of a human being to Uber making a tech glitch. http…

• @jfruh Josh Fruhlinger on x

  UBER CRITICS: uber programmed their self-driving car to kill UBER DEFENDERS: that's a gross oversimplification. software errors are not murder UBER CEO: our self-driving cars are sort of like that time the saudis dismembered a journalist https://twitter.com/...

• @nycsouthpaw Southpaw on x

  The discourse, 2019: “Do you support a murderous regime's re-election to your board?” “Well, remember, we are a murderous company.” “Ok, but you merely showed a depraved indifference to human life. It was the Saudi regime's conscious object to kill.” “Look, they said sorry.” http…

• @haydenblack Hayden Black on x

  Another reason I won't use Uber. How can a grown man call a cold-blooded, vicious murder a ‘mistake’ and add 'I think that people make mistakes, it doesn't mean they can never be forgiven'? If this is you thinking on your feet, you need an early retirement. Like, today. https://t…

• @davidbegnaud David Begnaud on x

  I still can't believe the CEO of Uber compared the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to mistakes that Uber made with self driving cars. He quickly backtracked. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 Ryan Mac on x

  Uber CEO @dkhos' latest like is an interesting one. https://twitter.com/...

• @bigblackjacobin Edward Ongweso Jr on x

  I wrote about how Dara Khosrowshahi said the quiet part LOUD. Ignore the PR that will come and look at what Uber does. Cool, he doesn't believe in what he said. Cool, he won't attend the conference. Uber has always been happy to take Saudi Arabia's money. https://www.vice.com/...

• @counternotions Kontra on x

  Uber CEO on bone saw assassinations and involuntary manslaughters: ‘Some very fine people on both sides’ https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgexp Jane McAlevey on x

  Uber is vile. This video shows it isn't only because they systematically decimate working class jobs. They are quite consistent, murder is OK, as long as you say you are sorry. https://twitter.com/...

• @yashar Yashar Ali on x

  Dara is my third cousin (I've never met him) & I was so sad to hear him say this given the hell our family has gone through in Iran Would he describe what the Shah did to our cousins to be a mistake? What about what the Ayatollah Khomeini did to our family? Glad he backtracked ht…

• @tomscocca Tom Scocca on x

  OK but the “tech glitch” was Uber making deliberate programming decisions that killed a person, so he's just comparing the Saudis' first-degree murder to his own manslaughter https://twitter.com/...

• @brhodes Ben Rhodes on x

  Corruption isn't limited to governments. https://twitter.com/...

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  Not having an Uber account is one of life's simple pleasures now. https://twitter.com/...

• @nktpnd Ankit Panda on x

  Who could forget that weird quirk in Uber's autonomous vehicle algorithm that caused the car to dismember a journalist with a bonesaw? https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahemclaugh Sarah McLaughlin on x

  Listen, we all make mistakes. Just the other day I used “your” when I meant “you're.” Sometimes you use the wrong word. And sometimes you accidentally plan and execute the sadistic murder of a journalist. None of us are free of mistakes. https://twitter.com/...

• @gaberivera Gabe Rivera on x

  Beware a @danprimack leaning back in a comfy sofa. It's a trap. https://twitter.com/...

• @dansolomon Dan Solomon on x

  Somehow the fact that the Uber CEO decided to bring up the fact that his company's self-driving car killed a lady in a conversation about something else entirely isn't the most shocking part of this clip https://twitter.com/...

• @juddapatow Judd Apatow on x

  This must be seen to fully understand how companies accept the human rights abuses of countries in return for accepting their money. This is horrifying. You could teach a college class on all the levels of this two minute exchange. He compares assasination to self driving cars. h…

• @dabeard David Beard on x

  After this dogged interview, @Uber's CEO clarified that Jamal #Khashoggi's murder was “reprehensible” and should not be excused. (The company has a 20% Saudi ownership stake and the head of the Saudi sovereign fund on its board.) https://twitter.com/...

• @chriswelch Chris Welch on x

  This is truly one of the most insane things a CEO has ever said. “Eh, yeah. They brutally murdered and dismembered a journalist. Our self-driving car mowed someone down. Shit happens! Live and learn, eh fellas?” https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  This clean-up clarification needs a lot more attention. The original answer was entirely disgraceful to compare self-driving car accidents to a journalist butchered by the government. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @johnolilly John Lilly on x

  “Haven't we all made mistakes like the Saudis?” Is a tough take.

• @ggreeneva Greg Greene on x

  Hmmm—secret execution and dismemberment is what we call a “mistake” now. Alrighty. https://twitter.com/...

• @fmanjoo Farhad Manjoo on x

  We've killed people too is also trump's defense of dealing with murderous dictators https://twitter.com/...

• @hunterwalk @hunterwalk on x

  “We killed a person too” is the strangest dodge.

• @panzer Matthew Panzarino on x

  As someone who interviews people live a lot, a soft floater can turn into a hard curve so quick. Good on Dan for realizing and drilling down. https://twitter.com/...