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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.

Bill Keller

Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can’t pick one favorite.
BILL KELLER

Children Chose Journalism
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
BILL KELLER

Media Social Thinking
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
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Answers Curse Journalist
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
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.
BILL KELLER

Jobs Past Powerful
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.
BILL KELLER

Competition Giving Ideas
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
BILL KELLER

Media Nice Rings
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 KELLER

Dollars Names Thinking
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
I don’t have dating tips.
BILL KELLER

Dating Rules Tips
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
BILL KELLER

Media Tools Views
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
BILL KELLER

Distraction Media Social
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.
BILL KELLER

Matter Mean Thinking Views
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
BILL KELLER

Satan Scary Vote

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