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Bill Keller
Bill Keller
American Editor
Born: Jun 18, 1949
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers. Bill Keller
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I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth. Bill Keller
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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
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price. Bill Keller
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For all of the woes besetting our business, I believe with all my heart that newspapers - whether they are distributed to your doorstep, your laptop, your iPhone or a chip implanted in your cerebral cortex - will be around for a long time. Bill Keller
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Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent. Bill Keller
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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it. Bill Keller
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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that. Bill Keller
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There's a lot of stuff they don't teach you in the mythical editors' school. They don't teach you that you're going to have to spend a lot of your life in crisis management. Bill Keller
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My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem? Bill Keller
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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
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Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite. Bill Keller
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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. Bill Keller
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People crave trustworthy information about the world we live in. Some people want it because it is essential to the way they make a living. Some want it because they regard being well-informed as a condition of good citizenship. Some want it because they want something to exchange over dinner tables and water coolers. Bill Keller
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There's no question that sources sometimes have interests aside from the truth when they talk to reporters. That's why reporters have to very aggressively report against their own theses and against their initial information. Bill Keller
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Liberation movements - prizing ends over means - are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions. Bill Keller
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I don't have dating tips. Bill Keller
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I have nothing against conservative people putting out conservative commentary or doing conservative broadcasting, or liberal people doing liberal broadcasting, or conservative blogs or liberal blogs. Bill Keller
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The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements. Bill Keller
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I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises. Bill Keller
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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid. Bill Keller
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If a candidate for president said he believed that space aliens dwell among us, would that affect your willingness to vote for him? Personally, I might not disqualify him out of hand; one out of three Americans believe we have had Visitors and, hey, who knows? But I would certainly want to ask a few questions. Bill Keller
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