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

Bill Keller

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.
BILL KELLER

Jobs Past Powerful
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
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
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
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
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Democrat Entitlement Recoil
Twitter and Facebook are brilliant- tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.
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Interesting Tools Use
Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Including Printing Technology
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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Media Tools Views
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
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
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
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Challenges Discipline Important
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
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
I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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Believe Foxes Thinking

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