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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.

Bill Keller

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
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
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit Want
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking
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’m a Capricorn, actually.
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Actually Capricorns Create
I may be the old-media id, but I think I may be entitled to some credit for being a new-media pioneer.
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Media Pioneers Thinking
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Answers Curse Journalist
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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Matter Mean Thinking Views
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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Media Tools Views
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
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
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology

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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