Obama also lamented the spread of social media and blogs through which "some of the craziest claims can quickly claim traction."

You can say that again.

The part that seems to have garnered the most attention, however, were those eight words in the middle -- "none of which I know how to work" -- a seemingly huge admission for our allegedly tech-savvy president. There's just one problem with the Post's account: Obama was making a joke, which anyone reading the full 2,517-word transcript (available on ) would realize, because that transcript contains parentheticals like "(laughter)" and "(applause)." It was one of about a dozen jokes in the speech.

The New York Post conveniently left audience reactions out of its report, which was broadly picked up by the right-wing blogosphere and by some tech sites with headlines like "Obama Mystified by iPad," "iPad and Xbox are Enemies of Democracy," and "Why President Obama Hates Your iPad."

Does anyone honestly believe Obama doesn't know how to operate an iPod or an ? Anyone with opposable thumbs can work one of those devices -- that's why they're so popular.