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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.

Bill Keller

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.
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Privacy Thinking Treasure
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit Want
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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Answers Curse Journalist
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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Competition Giving Ideas
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
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
I’m a Capricorn, actually.
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Actually Capricorns Create
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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Distraction Media Social
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
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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Feelings Internet Want
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
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

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