I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
BILL KELLERBeating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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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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Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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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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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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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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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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A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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I don’t have dating tips.
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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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Liberation movements – prizing ends over means – are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.
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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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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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