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.
BILL KELLERA vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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I don’t think fairness means that you give equal time to every point of view no matter how marginal. You weigh the sides, you do some truth-testing, you apply judgment to them.
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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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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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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.
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Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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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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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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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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