Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don’t personally believe that.
BILL KELLERMy dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer’s mind-set: Everything’s kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?
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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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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
BILL KELLEROne of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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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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I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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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.
BILL KELLERTwitter 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 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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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
BILL KELLERThe most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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It’s a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they’re a spent force.
BILL KELLERIt’s a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they’re a spent force.
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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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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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
BILL KELLERWhether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer’s mind-set: Everything’s kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?
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