Hardly. The warrantless wiretapping thing was all over the news when the story broke. So was SOPA (which serves to completely destroy this canard on its own; as the media companies had a direct interest in supporting that law yet still reported on the controversy.)
This, plainly, isn't newsworthy outside of tech circles yet.
The news cycle moves far too quickly to continually revisit the same topic over and over again (with a few obvious exceptions...), moreso when it's a topic that will not be understood, let alone appreciated by the average consumer.
A conference where people talk about deploying packet shaping gear is not newsworthy outside of a very niche circle. Yet.
Hardly. The warrantless wiretapping thing was all over the news when the story broke. So was SOPA (which serves to completely destroy this canard on its own; as the media companies had a direct interest in supporting that law yet still reported on the controversy.)
This, plainly, isn't newsworthy outside of tech circles yet.