The only motivation I can assume he has here is to try to control the message by trying to degrade the different forms of media and the technology supporting it. Makes no sense to me but I might be biased because I'm in the technology business.

I think he is also making some potentially damaging statements about American companies that employ people.

Trying to be fair, maybe he is just an old guy who likes his BB and doesn't want to change, is threatened by new technology and feels inadequate technology wise.

Being cynical, maybe he wants to have all sources of information limited to just those views he agrees with along with a few token sources that he can combat and ignore the rest.

What he said seems dimwitted to me.