> So why is the Washington Post obsessed with Silicon Valley, in particular Facebook, Google, and Apple. Because certain Silicon Valley companies (non-tech) ar

> So why is the Washington Post obsessed with Silicon Valley, in particular Facebook, Google, and Apple. Because certain Silicon Valley companies (non-tech) are used by their owners to push their political ideals. Some SV companies were backing the now defunct Gawker, presumably they've been using media as an anti-PR arm for a long time. It is like they are emulating the metapolitics of Washington.