There is a war against Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, cryptocurrencies is a threat to the government and the entire financial system.
They fear the collapse of the fiat currencies, freedom from there evil system of taxation and the way they can prevent this is by putting fear in the minds of people through the media and internet giants like facebook and now google.
Here is where I think steemit is important as it is decentralised and not controlled by some body that can be manipulated by the governments.
This is a war and I strongly wish we win to free humans from the evil government whose chief aim is to enrich themselves.