Obama: information becomes a distraction

zaphod writes: According to Obama, ...information becomes a distraction... when it comes to iPads, Xbox, etc. (all items he admits not knowing how to use). Basically saying we are getting too much information too quickly and from "unreliable sources". Of course, he's referring to talk radio, blogs and other mediums that tend to disagree with his political views. Is Obama suggesting that we go back to the days where news and information were spoon fed and filtered to us? Granted, there will always be mis-information, but we had that with the before this "distracting information" (right Dan Rather?).

He has a point.

[Securityemo]

This is anecdotal, but many people around me seem to be really bad at synthesising information and weighing sources. I also agree that electronic entertainment might be a distraction to certain people, who might have spent their time doing something more useful with their lives (including myself, to a certain extent). But I don't really feel like I am qualified to criticise or try to interpret others on those levels, because they mostly don't seem to function psychologically the same way I do.