US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media.This is the world he lives in, like it or not. Sure, there's a lot of nonsense floating around out there and there are always people willing to believe it. But God gave us brains to be able to sort things out for ourselves, and frankly, I don't need his help in discerning "truth".
Obama, who often chides journalists and cable news outlets for obsessing with political horse race coverage rather than serious issues, told a class of graduating university students that education was the key to progress.
"You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank all that high on the truth meter," Obama said at Hampton University, Virginia.
"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation," Obama said.
He bemoaned the fact that "some of the craziest claims can quickly claim traction," in the clamor of certain blogs and talk radio outlets.
"All of this is not only putting new pressures on you, it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy."
He'll just have to get over it.
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He should know. It works for him. He spreads a whole bunch of lies of his own.
No kidding Ann. Now the brat that would be king wants to control all the news media content like a god.
Too bad, there already is a God, and thankfully He's in control.
And he's doing his best to discourage it, except for his Lap Dog Media and their stenographers, which are doing their best to publish his lies and misrepresentations.
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