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.
BILL KELLERI 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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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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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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I don’t have dating tips.
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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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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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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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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 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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One of the reasons that I’m a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I’m delivering something to the competition that I ought to be giving to a reporter here.
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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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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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