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

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

I don't think fairness means that you give equal time to every point of view no matter how marginal. You weigh the sides, you do some truth-testing, you apply judgment to them.

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

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

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

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.