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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.

Bill Keller

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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Abet Enough May
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
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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Interesting Tools Use
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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Democrat Entitlement Recoil
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.
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Matter Mean Thinking Views
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don’t personally believe that.
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Believe Principles Wikileaks
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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Feelings Internet Want
I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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Internet Way
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Satan Scary Vote
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
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.
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Jobs Past Powerful
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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Distraction Media Social
I don’t have dating tips.
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Dating Rules Tips
I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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Actually Capricorns Create
Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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Deviation Discipline Movement
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important

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