Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein
Ezra Kleinis an American blogger and columnist. He is most known for his former work as a blogger and columnist for The Washington Post, as well his ongoing work as a contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. He was formerly an associate editor of The American Prospect political magazine and a political blogger at the same publication...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth9 May 1984
CityIrvine, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The idea of changing and fixing the problem of how news is presented on the Internet has been recognized for a long time.
I think it's weird that the news cedes so much ground to Wikipedia. That isn't true in other informational sectors.
Every newspaper in the country covers stories that other newspapers cover. Every industry is filled with people who are competing to do the best job providing a particular service.
It's not a good idea to conceptualize a static relationship with long-standing policies, like health care.
We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism.
If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.
One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system, in general, but, in particular, we highly underrate the power of Congress,
A government shutdown, it isn`t the end of the world. It`s a bad thing. The government stops working for a few days. We cover it a lot. Polls turn against who ever made it stop working.
Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh . . . Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves.
Even more fundamental than housing to the global financial economy is the idea that the U.S. government is a safe asset.
I don't trust this [american] government to be regulating corporations. I trust big business to be regulated [by itself] and to be a party to a decent solution.
My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.
If I'm sitting around exulting over traffic data, I'm an idiot.
When I talk to people about 'KnowMore', it is as an experiment. The biggest thing I'll say there is that we've learned a lot from 'KnowMore'.