Bill Keller People Quotations

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

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.

I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think of a more cynical slogan than 'Fair and Balanced.'

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.

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.

steadfastness in defense of principle has won her admiration from around the world, wherever people value a free, aggressive press.

We do our best to make sure that doesn't happen, but occasionally it does. But notebooks are not by any means a vehicle for people to slip their personal opinions into the newspaper.