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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Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.
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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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Judy had been one of the reporters on the receiving end of the anti-Wilson whisper campaign.
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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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I don't think there's a set formula that applies. I think you have to take it case by case.
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I certainly never meant to mislead Phil, nor did I mislead him,
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I'm not sure journalists fully appreciate the threat confronting us. The Times in the eavesdropping case, the Post for its CIA prison stories, and everyone else who has tried to look behind the war on terror.
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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 sounds like the administration is declaring war at home on the values it professes to be promoting abroad.
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Judy believed Libby was afraid of her testimony,
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Some of it is just, 'I can't talk to you on the phone anymore,' and some of it is, 'I think I better lay low for a while.'
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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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It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors,
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What our reporting has done is set off an intense national debate about the proper balance between security and liberty.