Uber Investor Ashton Kutcher Approves Of Digging Up Dirt On Uber Critics"What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist?"By by Mike HayesBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on November 19, 2014, 4:10 pmTwitterFacebookLink Uber came under fire this week after BuzzFeed News reported that one of the company's executives suggested digging up dirt on a female journalist critical of the service. On Wednesday, one of Uber's more well-known backers weighed in: ashton kutcher @aplusk What is so wrong about digging up dirt on shady journalist? @pando @TechCrunch @Uber Wed Nov 19 15:23:31 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite It didn't take long for Twitter to pounce. Del Pede @delpede Clearly @aplusk have gone off the deep end. Defending @Uber for violating their customers privacy. 03:37 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ScottHenriksenFinley @ScottyBurberry I wish I wouldn't have seen that tweet. Ashton Kutcher is severely dumb and clueless. 03:37 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite maria sherman @mariasherm forgot ashton kutcher exists, thanks for that twitter 03:26 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Veronica de Souza @HeyVeronica Ashton Kutcher needs to take a seat 03:25 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Kutcher then went on a Twitterstorm, revealing his thoughts on the state of the media. (Note: Ashton Kutcher owns a media company.) ashton kutcher @aplusk We are all public figures now! “@RussADeCastro: @aplusk Depends if they are a PUBLIC FIGURE, like you, or not. http://t.co/ZFemzZshxV” Wed Nov 19 15:28:33 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk I believe we live in a day were the first word has become "the word" 03:32 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk Rumors span the globe before anyone has an opportunity to defend them selves. 03:32 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk Everyone is guilty and then tasked to defend themselves publicly. 03:33 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk Questioning the source needs to happen... Always! 03:33 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk So as long as journalist are interested and willing to print half truths as facts... Yes we should question the source. 03:35 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk To be clear I speak for my self not @Uber 03:39 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ashton kutcher @aplusk This should be fun... Here comes the part where journalist explain why they should be exempt from ridicule and judgement and probing... 03:43 PM - 19 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Kutcher speaks as an investor in Uber. In 2011, he created the venture capital fund A-Grade Investments, which invests in the service.