Balaji Srinivasan: Legacy media turned hostile toward tech in spring 2013
Balaji Srinivasan · Tech vs. Media: Balaji Srinivasan on the Battle Shaping Our Future · Aug 1, 2025 · at 2:32
Balaji Srinivasan details the specific historical inflection point when mainstream press coverage transitioned from supportive to hostile toward Silicon Valley.
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“After the 2012 election, right after Obama's inauguration, you can date it to right after that, because even in 2012, like, New York media and so on was saying there's no such thing as a brogrammer, ok? You can google that article. So 20 12, tech was part of the coalition, so there are no reason to attack, there's no reason to attack them. After the inauguration of 2013, and it's literally that spring and summer, the knives came out, and media started attacking tech, ok?”
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