My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
BILL KELLERBeating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
More Bill Keller Quotes
-
-
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
BILL KELLER -
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
BILL KELLER -
I’m a Capricorn, actually.
BILL KELLER -
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
BILL KELLER -
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
BILL KELLER -
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.
BILL KELLER -
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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.
BILL KELLER -
I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
BILL KELLER -
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.
BILL KELLER -
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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 -
I don’t have dating tips.
BILL KELLER -
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
BILL KELLER -
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
BILL KELLER