Bill Keller Quotes & Sayings

“The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.”

“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 Web site and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.”

“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.”

“My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.”

“I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“I don't have dating tips.”