I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
AL FRANKENI believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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