Obama explains 'what the Russians exploited' in new interview with Letterman
Washington (CNN)  Former President Barack Obama  weighed in on the potential consequences of Russian meddling in social media platforms during the 2016 election in a new interview with David Letterman.
"What the Russians exploited  but it was already here  is we are operating in completely different information universes "  Obama  told Letterman in the first episode of Letterman's new Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." "If you watch Fox News you are living on a different planet than you are if you listen to NPR."
"One of the biggest challenges to our democracy is the degree to which we don't share a common baseline of facts "  Obama  said.
 He  went on to discuss the use of social media in  his  2007 campaign  noting that at the time people didn't realize the power -- and potential dangers -- of platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
Washington (CNN)  [TGT]weighed in on the potential consequences of Russian meddling in social media platforms during the 2016 election in a new interview with David Letterman.
"What the Russians exploited  but it was already here  is we are operating in completely different information universes [TGT]told Letterman in the first episode of Letterman's new Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." "If you watch Fox News you are living on a different planet than you are if you listen to NPR."
"One of the biggest challenges to our democracy is the degree to which we don't share a common baseline of facts [TGT]said.
 [TGT]  went on to discuss the use of social media in  [TGT]  2007 campaign  noting that at the time people didn't realize the power -- and potential dangers -- of platforms like Twitter and Facebook.