[belval]

The Economist is British so it's possible the person writing this has never been to the Bay Area and just made a wordplay based on "Mountain View".

[Dalewyn]

Journalists writing bullshit straight out of their asses is certainly nothing new in this day and age.

[Phiwise_]

I do think there is worse bullshit to be concerned by than whether or not a British tech writer has physically stood in Mountain View, though. I thought the beauty of the internet was in reducing the significance of that sort of thing.