I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
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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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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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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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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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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One of the reasons that I’m a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I’m delivering something to the competition that I ought to be giving to a reporter here.
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Liberation movements – prizing ends over means – are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.
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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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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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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 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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Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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