I don’t think fairness means that you give equal time to every point of view no matter how marginal. You weigh the sides, you do some truth-testing, you apply judgment to them.
BILL KELLERA vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
More Bill Keller Quotes
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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it’s also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question.
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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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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Casual reliance on unnamed sources…corrodes our credibility and, in cases that are rare but not rare enough, may abet journalistic malpractice.
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Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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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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I don’t have dating tips.
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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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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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