> Swisher was hardly positive tech press. It would be more accurate to say Swisher is politically-connected press. When tech and political machines were in bed

> Swisher was hardly positive tech press. It would be more accurate to say Swisher is politically-connected press. When tech and political machines were in bed together (e.g., much of her time at AllThingsD and the founding of Recode, Obama in the whitehouse, Newsom in local SV politics...) she was extremely friendly to the industry. After the ca. 2016 fallout between the two she chose the politics side. The tech side of course sees this as a heel turn, rather than a fundamental shift in priorities from both parties. Ben Thompson is just John Gruber without the sense of taste. You couldn't design a better sycophant if you tried.