Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
BILL KELLERIt’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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I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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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.
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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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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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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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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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I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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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 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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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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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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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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