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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.

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

Children Chose Journalism
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

Dollars Names Thinking
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
A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.
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Satan Scary Vote
I don’t have dating tips.
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Dating Rules Tips
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
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Distraction Media Social
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
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

Matter Mean Thinking Views
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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Jobs Past Powerful
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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Democrat Entitlement Recoil
Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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Deviation Discipline Movement
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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People Smart Stupid
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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Media Tools Views
Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.
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Internet Pundit 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

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