Obama Not a Zune User After All

By Nick Mokey December 5, 2008

Of all the nasty rumors President Elect Obama could have faced in the weeks leading up to his taking office, the most attention-grabbing seems to have centered on his choice of MP3 player. The Web lit up with commentary this week after one reporter claimed to have seen Obama with a Microsoft Zune.

The yarn began on Wednesday when Neil Santos, a reporter for Philadelphia City Paper, reported in his blog that he had seen Obama at the gym using none other than a Microsoft Zune. Tech blogs and even traditional outlets like The Washington Post leapt onto Obama’s fashion faux pas, and the seeming contradiction of a known Apple fan using a Zune.

Obama’s own press team actually stepped in to clarify the situation on Thursday, telling the Wall Street Journal, “Not true, the President-elect uses an iPod,” sending waves of reassurance across hordes of Apple fans.

Santos stands by his assertion that he saw a Zune, but did clarify in a follow-up that it might not have belonged to Obama after all.

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