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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

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
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Answers Curse Journalist
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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Democrat Entitlement Recoil
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
The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.
BILL KELLER

Celebrity Gossip Queens Wings
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
I don’t have dating tips.
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Dating Rules Tips
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 make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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Internet Way
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking
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.
BILL KELLER

Privacy Thinking Treasure
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

Media Pioneers Thinking
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit Want

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