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Not true. It is permitted to neutralize a clickbait title if the story is otherwise worthy.

Without looking at Crunchbase, please name one other investment of Shervin Pishevar that has the cultural reach of Uber. I suspect a randomly selected person would not be able to do so. And Uber has a well documented history of hostile or discriminatory behavior that hews close to the article's topic.

I, like most people, didn't even recognize the name Shervin Pishevar. Of course I do recognize Uber, so putting Uber in the title when the story is not about Uber is clickbait.

Keeping or removing Uber is a complex decision:

He's a little bit more than merely an Uber investor. Quoting: "He is a strategic advisor to Uber, and served as a board advisor to the company from 2011–2015." [1]

He also invested in many more companies than merely Uber. [1]

Therefore a case can be made for both keeping Uber as well as removing Uber from the title.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shervin_Pishevar

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