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The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

Bill Keller

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
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Satan Scary Vote
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.
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Jobs Past Powerful
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
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
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 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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Dollars Names Thinking
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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Media Tools Views
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
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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Deviation Discipline Movement
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit Want
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

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