The Media is mostly just a bunch of journalists trying their best to write interesting enough stories to keep their jobs. The stories they're writing are typica

The Media is mostly just a bunch of journalists trying their best to write interesting enough stories to keep their jobs. The stories they're writing are typically a reflection of what they think people care about: in this case, people care about the impact technology is having on us, and this is one aspect of it. The fact that we're here discussing this story proves that it was a good story to write. Suggesting this is a backlash against technology for "controlling the means of distribution" is silly (not least because WaPo is owned by Bezos so they'd be the last participant in an anti-tech conspiracy, if indeed there was one).