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 KELLERLiberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to 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.
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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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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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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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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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I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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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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Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it’s also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.
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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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