good morning. a lot of this started when president obama decided to go after the ipad. he mentioned last week at a commencement speech i want to tell you what he said specifically that got so much response at cnn student notice. with ipods and ipads and xboxs 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. as you can imagine, a middle and high school audience, very media savvy generation, they haven t grown up without a computer in the classroom. more than 700 of them logged on to our blog at cnn news.com ta touk about where they stood on this. it was a pretty devisive issue. this was the first president
overuse of shiny mobile devices? why? reporter: i have read this over several times. i heard him say the and i heard it replayed. and i m not sure what he s getting at. i do think part of the lament is about cable news and the 24/7 environment in which people can get news at any time and opinion. megyn: cable news? general? reporter: it the most watched cable news. and i think our audience knows who that is. and i think he doesn t like that. and it s hard for a white house despite the size of the presidential megaphone which is as big as ever to control the message the atmosphere when there are so many ways people can get information and communicate with each other so that s probably part of it. but how this applies to graduating seniors from college who are being warned about xboxs and ipads i m not sure i
legitimate claims. they recognize this is a legal issue and pr issue. they have to step up to the plate. one thing you guys do in all your campaigns and advice, you tell the politician or whoever you re advising no mixed message. keep it consistent. we re going to go through a little politics csi. here s the president speaking at a commencement at hampton university this past weekend talking about technology. with ipods and ipads and xboxs 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. so all of this is not only putting pressure on you. it s it s putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy. so here is the question. do you think he told the queen
resolutions or bills or something to combat the health care reform bill, and i would argue that the supreme court may also take up immigration going forward. so these are going to be very critical hearings to find out what type of justice kagan will be. martha: we re going to get to all of that in a minute. as you can see in a live shot on the other side of your screen. another interesting thing that happened over the weekend was this statement from president obama during a commencement speech. listen to this. we re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us are all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don t always rank that high on that the proof meter. with ipods and ipads and xboxs and playstations, none of which i know how to work, information becomes a distraction. a diversion. a form of entertainment,
oh, yes. please tell me it is time. it is time for news you can t use. president obama gave a commencement address that is a loser of a shirt. all right. the last time i was on you were calling me a dinosaur. now you are calling me a loser. i don t think you are a loser. go ahead, willie. i want to play a clip of president obama giving a commencement address at hampton university in virginia where he made a long attack on technology. here s what he said. and with ipods and ipad and xboxs 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. no it doesn t.