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Well, the same author has a recent column in National Review Online about this: http://article.nationalreview.com/434022/obama-vs-the-ipad/mike-gonzalez http:/

Well, the same author has a recent column in National Review Online about this: http://article.nationalreview.com/434022/obama-vs-the-ipad/mike-gonzalez http://article.nationalreview.com/434022/obama-vs-the-ipad/m... The article includes two quotes from President Obama. The first from a commencement address: 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 . . . information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. The second is from an interview with CBS News: There’s one last point I gotta make, Bob, and that is that I do think part of what’s different today is the 24-hour news cycle and cable TV and blogs and all this. They focus on the most extreme elements in both sides. They can’t get enough of conflict. It’s catnip to the media right now. And so the easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody. In that environment, I think it makes it more difficult to solve the problems the American people sent us here to solve. Constructing an 'antagonistic to the Internet' argument on the basis of those two quotes seems somewhat, well, challenging - but those seem to be the primary sources.

ams6110 16y ago
I'm no fan of the Obama administration but if you watch any of the "analysis" shows on cable news channels it is clear that "stirring the hornet's nest" is a big part of how they operate. And I don't think it's a bad message to say "just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true" but I would say the same goes for any other media these days, including White House press releases.
- gyardley 16y ago
  Right, which is why I said constructing an argument based on such sources would be challenging. A commenter asked what the writer's justification was for calling the Obama administration antagonistic to the internet, and I found it for him. Doesn't mean that the writer's justification has merit.

ams6110 16y ago

I'm no fan of the Obama administration but if you watch any of the "analysis" shows on cable news channels it is clear that "stirring the hornet's nest" is a big part of how they operate. And I don't think it's a bad message to say "just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true" but I would say the same goes for any other media these days, including White House press releases.

gyardley 16y ago
Right, which is why I said constructing an argument based on such sources would be challenging. A commenter asked what the writer's justification was for calling the Obama administration antagonistic to the internet, and I found it for him. Doesn't mean that the writer's justification has merit.