I agree on this. But there is a distinction between tech news that involves government, and debating politics. The Snowden revelations and its ilk aren't the pr

I agree on this. But there is a distinction between tech news that involves government, and debating politics. The Snowden revelations and its ilk aren't the product of theoretical agenda debates between differently minded political ideologies,they were reality. And I wouldn't consider a discussion on what the (as an example) US government does to be politics, it is when you get into the "what the government should do under this hypothetical situation" theory that you approach a line. But then that still leaves the entire spectrum of tech related policies that would cause tremendous damage or benefit, which is still heavily tech related, at least as much as "is Samsung going to use OLED or IPS in their next smart phone".