I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
BILL KELLERI 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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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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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 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.
BILL KELLEROne of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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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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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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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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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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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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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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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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