Now you can observe the difference in Europe and US tech journalism. When an anti-internet bill (SOPA) was being discussed in the US, any noteworthy US journalist - those with and without vested interests in the matter - were talking about it very loudly. Compare with the similar situation where TC Europe and others are happily and silently carrying on their daily duties of - mostly - using their media outlet for their own personal short sighted benefits.
It only became news when the likes of Google and Wikipedia decided to protest and carry out a blackout... (I am not in the US, but this is what I have read)
No. Google and Wikipedia decided to protest when everyone from Tim O'Reily to Mike Arrington protested and wrote against it. It is hard to compare that with articles from the likes of Mike Butcher, because he hasn't written any on the subject - yet.
