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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.

Bill Keller

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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Celebrity Gossip Queens Wings
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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Media Tools Views
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Answers Curse Journalist
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
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit Want
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 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
I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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Actually Capricorns Create
I don’t have dating tips.
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Dating Rules Tips
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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Children Chose Journalism
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
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
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid

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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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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