Bill Keller
Bill Keller
Bill Kelleris an American journalist. He is a writer for The New York Times, where he was executive editor from July 2003 until September 2011. He announced on June 2, 2011, that he would step down from the position to become a full-time writer. Jill Abramson replaced him as executive editor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth18 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
jobs powerful past
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.
capricorns
I'm a Capricorn, actually.
thinking media social
I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.
way internet curmudgeon
I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.
writing editors satisfaction
Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.
believe thinking foxes
I don't think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
dating
I don't have dating tips.
understanding important division
I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.
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It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors, ... We allowed the anger inside and outside the paper to fester. Worse, we fear, we fostered an impression that the Times put a higher premium on protecting its reporters than on coming clean with its readers.
attacking begin felt somehow tenure unsavory
It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors,
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steadfastness in defense of principle has won her admiration from around the world, wherever people value a free, aggressive press.
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Judy met this afternoon with the special counsel to hand over additional notes and answer questions. She is to return to the grand jury Wednesday to supplement her earlier testimony.
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Judy had been one of the reporters on the receiving end of the anti-Wilson whisper campaign.
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Judy believed Libby was afraid of her testimony,