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I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.

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

Feelings Internet Want
Casual reliance on unnamed sources…corrodes our credibility and, in cases that are rare but not rare enough, may abet journalistic malpractice.
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Abet Enough May
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
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
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
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.
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Internet Way
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
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Media Nice Rings
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
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
I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.
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Media Social Thinking
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
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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Matter Mean Thinking Views
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
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

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