Fox: Tech-Savvy Obama Now Says He Doesn't Know How to Use an iPod
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Fox: Tech-Savvy Obama Now Says He Doesn't Know How to Use an iPod
[quote=Fox News] The geek-in-chief has a problem with technology. Who knew?
President Obama -- whose campaign was an online juggernaut and whose love of all things comic book, Star Trek and most recently Avatar is well-documented -- went on a tear against gadgets and gizmos over the weekend, telling a graduating class in Virginia to beware the vice of video games and portable music players.
He used the speech to warn that new media and new technology are "putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy." And that's not all ... The president told the assembled throng he doesn't know how to use any of those products.
"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," Obama said during the commencement address at Hampton University on Sunday. "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."
Maybe the president threw that line in to make John McCain, his former e-mail illiterate opponent, feel better. But Obama disavowing technology is kind of like Donald Trump saying he can't make change.
The president has a known addiction to his BlackBerry (a.k.a. BOTUS -- Blackberry of the United States), which he could not and would not part with when he entered the White House, despite security concerns. He admitted "clinging" to it last year -- kind of like voters who "cling" to guns and religion.
He also owns an iPod, meaning that he knows how to use one -- unless he depends on the Secret Service to hit the shuffle button while he's out jogging.
He told The Associated Press after Michael Jackson died that "I still have all his stuff on my iPod." During the campaign, he revealed his playlist to Rolling Stone, which at the time included a lot of Jay-Z and Bob Dylan. And he once found the iPod a device befitting royalty. He gave one to Queen Elizabeth II as a gift when he visited London last spring.
Rewind some more.
Obama's campaign had a huge presence on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, using 24/7 media to reach his army of supporters at a moment's notice. The Black Eyes Peas' Will.I.Am cut a music video in his honor that tore through YouTube.
And as for Obama's supposed distaste for video game consoles, Obama's campaign bought ad space shortly before the 2008 election in 18 video games. Anyone burning rubber through the Xbox Live version of "Need for Speed: Carbon" at the time would have come across a digital billboard telling them about early voting.
The day after Obama told Hampton University grads to watch out for technology, the White House used Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and WhiteHouse.gov to promote his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.[/quote]
[url]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/10/obama-targets-ipods-video-games-commencement-address/[/url]
Releated links:
[url]http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/05/09/obama-confuses-the-ipad-xbox-and-playstation-as-distracting-information-tools[/url]
Despite creditability
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1276738/Barack-Obama-attacks-iPods-high-tech-gadgets.html[/url]
Releated Opinion and blog links
[url]http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/25159/[/url] (as video of Obama election ads in videogames)
[url]http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/10/james-p-pinkerton-obama-hampton-ipad-ipod-xbox-facebook/[/url]
[url]http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/05/proud-of-being-ignorant/56474/[/url]
[url]http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/10/obama-cant-work-an-ipod-really/?hpt=Mid[/url] CNN (Really? all CNN has on this is a blog post?)
The News comment finally: Why is he attacking the xbox? wasn't that one of the tools used to help him win the election?
And before somebody says it, "Glaber stop posting!"
This isn't news though.
Why do you hate Obama?
Fox is trying to be hip and cool and pro-technology right now, it's cute.
[QUOTE=Glaber;21862938]
[URL]http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/10/obama-cant-work-an-ipod-really/?hpt=Mid[/URL] CNN (Really? all CNN has on this is a blog post?)[/QUOTE]
hmm. maybe that's because this isn't actually news. This isn't something anyone should care about. it's meaningless
Who really cares?
[QUOTE=Wayword;21862968]Why do you hate Obama?[/QUOTE]
If you've seen any of my news topics it would be easy to figure out.
But simply put, I believe that Obama campaigned to the center, but governs to the way Left. (US political left, not EU political left)
Love how they make fun of Obama when McCain said he cant check his own emails
This isn't news stupid fuck. Stop posting.
Obama's too cool for anything made by Apple :c00l:
Here Obama gives a valid point on the use of technology and all Fox News cares about is how he can't use an iPod.
Typical.
The fate of the country rests with an iPod now apparently.
[QUOTE=Glaber;21863026]But simply put, I believe that Obama campaigned to the center, but governs to the way Left. (US political left, not EU political left)[/QUOTE]
Okay, so the way you get back at him is by posting news stories about his extremely insignificant pitfalls?
[QUOTE=Glaber;21863026]If you've seen any of my news topics it would be easy to figure out.
But simply put, I believe that Obama campaigned to the center, but governs to the way Left. (US political left, not EU political left)[/QUOTE]
this has nothing to do with that. nothing at all
[QUOTE=Glaber;21863026]
But simply put, I believe that Obama campaigned to the center, but governs to the way Left. ([b][highlight]US political left[/b][/highlight], not EU political left)[/QUOTE]
So hyperconservative based on the rest of the world's standards
What, did you honestly think Obama sits there managing his online presence? Of course not, everyone knows politicians employ people for this purpose (particularly Obama) -- hell, [URL="http://www.amazon.com/inside-social-media-built-Obama/dp/0321631536"]a book was written about it[/URL]. Silly that the obsessively anti-Obama crowd (you) has resorted to grabbing at straws like this, it's a total non-issue.
[QUOTE=Wayword;21863123]Okay, so the way you get back at him is by posting news stories about his extremely insignificant pitfalls?[/QUOTE]
Worked against Bush didn't it? What comes around goes around.
[QUOTE=laval;21863183]What, did you honestly think Obama sits there managing his online presence? [/QUOTE]
You actually thought I thought that? Well I can't blame you for that, but I didn't think this about him.what I thought is that he wouldn't turn against a block that may have voted for him.
Relevant video dating back to election 2008
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jWXOje_98[/media]
Is Obama sure he doesn't need them anymore?
[QUOTE=Glaber;21863319]Worked against Bush didn't it? What comes around goes around.
You actually thought I thought that? Well I can't blame you for that, but I didn't think this about him.what I thought is that he wouldn't turn against a block that may have voted for him.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jWXOje_98[/media]
Is Obama sure he doesn't need them anymore?[/QUOTE]
You're going to compare George Bush to Barack Obama?
:sigh:
That's because bush was a war-mongering lying asshole, Obama hasn't done anything significantly terrible yet.
[QUOTE=Wayword;21863367]That's because bush was a war-mongering lying asshole, Obama hasn't done anything significantly terrible yet.[/QUOTE]
My point exactly.
This is dumb. I don't think he's really attacking videogames, or the people who play them. I just don't think he personally likes things that sees as diversions. In his book he sorta talks about that.
Fuck Fox. Fuck it really bad.
Who really cares?
Bush: Killed countless innocents in an illegal war and sank the country into crippling debt
Obama: [highlight]:siren:DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE AN IPOD.:siren:[/highlight]
Good point Glaber!
[QUOTE=Glaber;21863026]But simply put, I believe that Obama campaigned to the center, but governs to the way Left. (US political left, not EU political left)[/QUOTE]
Obama campaigned to the left bigtime. What are you talking about?
Frankly no, I don't like Obama as a president. I don't like NASA cuts and big government spending (like healthcare). But should I going to slander him as a president over stupid crap like this, especially after Bush messed up that much? Of course not.
[b]"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."[/b]
pointless news, not even news. just bullshit and i do not know how to work a iIpad or a Ipod, give me one and in 2 minutes I can master it. same for obama. Hes too busy to play with a xbox or playstation or a ipod or ipad...
[QUOTE=Wayword;21863367]That's because bush was a war-mongering lying asshole, Obama hasn't done anything significantly terrible yet.[/QUOTE]
Who told you that about Bush?
Even then, this quote seems way out of context and just used to push Fox's views.
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