Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don’t personally believe that.
BILL KELLERLiberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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I may be the old-media id, but I think I may be entitled to some credit for being a new-media pioneer.
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Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Liberation movements – prizing ends over means – are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.
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The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
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Twitter and Facebook are brilliant- tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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I think there’s been a decline in the public’s access to what’s being done with their tax dollars, what’s being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.
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Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can’t pick one favorite.
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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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