Ken Auletta Quotes

The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.

An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.

The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.

The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.

Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.

If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.