Come on folks;

Read the article and think.

In a widely reported commencement speech at Hampton University in Virginia, Obama lamented the tendency of popular electronic devices to simply entertain and divert, rather than educate.
(In a general sense that concept is correct)

The president prefaced his comments by saying that college graduates face a difficult economy, then added: "With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations...information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation." (Again in a general sense this comment is true)

It amazes me how people can read someones words and create their own meaning. People are doing exactly what he said.
"With so many voices clamoring for attention on blogs, on cable, on talk radio, it can be difficult, at times, to sift through it all;
to know what to believe; to figure out who's telling the truth and who's not," Obama said.

Obama is not the first to take this position. His comments don't come without support.

Computer pioneer Palevsky was wary of Google, games, PCs | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News

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