Does President Obama realize that the iPod, Xbox and Playstation are supposed to be distractions, diversions and a form of entertainment? Apparently not. As far as I can tell they aren’t supposed to be “tools of empowerment”, as Obama laments!
In a speech to the graduating class today at Hampton University in Virginia Obama said this:
“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 that high on the truth meter.
And 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.
So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it’s putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy.”
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