On February 17, 2011 it was reported by the LA Times that President Obama is due to meet a dozen industry leaders, including Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidtand Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The meeting is, according to the White House, how to strengthen our economy in the Internet age. President Obama is, in my opinion, making the right moves. Not only is he going to the leading men who shape the virtue of technology and the internet as we know it, but from the article he seems to be going to them for advice on how to best use the technology we have today to boost the U.S. to the front of the pack and in doing so creating better quality of life for U.S. citizens. The subject of the meeting may be related to this, "Obama has been traveling throughout the country promoting investments in expanded broadband, education and renewable energy — initiatives announced in his State of the Union address in January under the slogan of 'Winning the Future'" (LA Times). Strident move for the president, something we all like to see. If the meeting holds true to what I am suggesting here then we may see a substantial increase in spending on research and technology which unfortunately means that something else is going to need to take the ax.
Now on to the question of the week. Is this article journalism? I would say, no. Surprisingly enough, the article lacks a few details which would make it journalism. Most of the details all deal with the subject of the meeting. What exactly is the President and the others going to be discussing? Of course that is no doubt intentional mostly due to national security reasons no doubt, but it is an essential detail which makes the article not journalism.
This weeks core biblical truth is Evangelism, which states that "God has specific directions (absolute law) concerning man’s relationship to both Himself and his fellow man." President Obama has a specific direction which he wants to take the U.S. in. Whether he succeeds or not depends on what God's directions say. Which I suppose is the heart of every matter. Doesn't matter we try or do, if God doesn't have it in His plan, then we just have to suck it up and move on.
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