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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think Twitter is a fabulous tool. Crowd-sourcing by Twitter is useful in getting early warnings.
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I may be the old-media id, but I think I may be entitled to some credit for being a new-media pioneer.
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I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.
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I don't think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.
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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.
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This news organization is a national treasure. I will do everything in my power to uphold its high standards, preserve its integrity and build on its achievements.
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I wish it had been a clear-cut whistle-blower case. I wish it had been a reporter who came with less public baggage,
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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.
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It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors,
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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.