The President's Speech at Hampton

The President's speech at Hampton University yesterday was odd. "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. … 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."  Does he not know the difference between gaming platforms and information devices? In essence the President seems to have argued against the marketplace for ideas.  He also 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. Let's face it -- even some of the craziest claims can quickly gain traction. I've had some experience with that myself. Fortunately, you'll be well positioned to navigate this terrain."  I found his comments odd because he is either arguing that a) all the new options are confusing and dangerous or b) that only the elites (because later in the speech he commented that the Hampton grads had been empowered to sift through the chaff) can handle the complexity.  Either interpretation belies an underlying mistrust of the average American to discriminate between the shrill and the substantive.   What would he have us to back to three networks and major daily newspapers?