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“I think Twitter is a fabulous tool. Crowd-sourcing by Twitter is useful in getting early warnings.”
“Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.”
“Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.”
“My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.”
“Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.”
“I don't think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.”
“I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.”
“I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.”
“One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.”
“The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.”
“The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.”
“The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.”
“Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.”
“You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.”