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U.s. economy, and talk radio, ironically is the lesser of the interactive media. how quaint and irrelevant must it seem to the millenials that day after day this crazy uncle says the sky is falling. >> the proproblem is, of course, i agree with you in one sense, on the other hand theyre poisoning the atmosphere. . theres still a lot out there. there are a lot of people stuck in his own ways. cliven bundy is a racist in his own era. now we have the reproduction of his bigotry by means of technolo...

Before. what about the ipad apps? >> well, you know, when the american academy of pediatrics came out with the policy statement in 2011, when that policy statement was written, ipads didnt even exist and so we were really looking at passive media use, so screen time for kids where they were sitting watching a tell vitezed program whether it would be on a traditional tv screen or a smaller tablet screen and what we knew then was that there was no benefit educationally for that type of a program, ...

>> i think the complaint stems from the fact that its importance to have truth in advertising and truthfully we dont have any science that shows that these products are educational, so parents need to be informed consumers about what theyre purchasing and whether we know whether theyre educational or not, and the answer is, the truth is, we dont know. >> yeah, you know, and its tough, i guess when you look at these things like baby einstein and stuff, i always sort of assume its not going to mak...

>> so youre pretending its an ipad? >> yeah. >> reporter: not surprisingly, they fought a lot more. >> its okay to get upset. youll get through it. this is a way to stop them in their tracks. be quiet. be quiet. be quiet. >> reporter: if you never learn that skill because youre constantly pacified with an ipad, you arent learning the skill of coming down from a tantrum? >> exactly. >> reporter: hours and hours of screen time does no real harm to a kids eyesight but is associated with behavioral ...

>> reporter: and perhaps not surprisingly, they fought a lot more. >> dont do that! >> its okay to get upset. youll get through it. this is a way to stop them in their tracks. be quiet. be quiet. be quiet. >> reporter: if you never learn that skill because youre constantly pacified with an ipad, you arent learning the skill of coming down from a tantrum? >> exactly. >> reporter: studies show hours and hours of screen time does no real harm to kids eyesight but it is associated with behavioral pr...

The best debate. interactive media and the youtube thing it worked well. in fact they had a great . of following up with candidates and a shout out to the second dier candidates who got air time. >> we dont do shout outs on this show. >> oh, sorry. this was a big moment in the debate. rick perry defending the texas dream act. >> if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state to no other reason than they have been brought there by no fault of their own, i dont think y...