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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 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. "

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

" I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media. "

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

" I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it. "

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

" My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. "

" There is a long history of newspapers being doomed. They were doomed by radio. They were doomed by television. They were probably doomed by the telegraph way back when. "

" Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite. "

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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. "

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

" Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible. "

" 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.' "

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

" My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem? "

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

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" You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating. "

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