The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
BILL KELLERWhether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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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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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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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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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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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 make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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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 don’t have dating tips.
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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 most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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