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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.

Bill Keller

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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Competition Giving Ideas
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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Country Religious Rights
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid
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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Privacy Thinking Treasure
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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Interesting Tools Use
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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Feelings Internet Want
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Satan Scary Vote
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking
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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Believe Principles Wikileaks
I don’t have dating tips.
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Dating Rules Tips
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
Liberation movements – prizing ends over means – are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.
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Ends Mean Movement
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
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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Abet Enough May
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important

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