Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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.
More Bill Keller Quotes
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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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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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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 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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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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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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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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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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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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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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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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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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