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

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.

There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter.

One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.

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

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.