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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

Topics: About Because Being Citizenship Condition Crave Dinner Essential Exchange Good Information Live Living Make Over People Regard Some Some People Something Tables Trustworthy Want Water Way Well-Informed World

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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Every Including Press Price Printing Printing Press Some Technology

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Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Deviation Discipline Dissent Liberation Movements Operating Punish Suspicion Thrive

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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

Topics: Becomes Care Citizens Country Doctrine Exclude Excuse Fellow Fellow Citizens Our Promises Religious Rights

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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

Topics: About Absolute Believe Founder Occasions Personally Principle Several Talked Transparency Wikileaks

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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

Topics: Crisis Editors Going Life Lot Management Mythical School Spend Stuff Teach You Your

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Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Anyone Internet Provider Service Want Whatever

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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

~Bill Keller

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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Certainly Makes People Smart Smart People Some Sound Stupid Twitter Whether You

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Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Beating Elite Media Nice Populist Ring So-Called Up

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: June 18th, 1949

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