Tim Wu Quotes

With the intrusion, and maybe rightly so, of legal concerns, medical concerns, business concerns, maybe some of that might be changing sports journalism a little bit - and maybe should change. The sports reporters of today - the good ones, anyway, working for good news organizations - shouldn't be held to any less stringent professional and ethical standards than any other journalist. - Tim Wulfemeyer

This just the beginning. There are many governments that are interested in this. - Tim Wu

The traditional role of journalism is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. - Tim Wulfemeyer

The purpose of new technology is to democratize the system a little bit. - Tim Wulfemeyer

That's probably a valid observation - that people who work in the sports department, whether it be at a newspaper or a radio or TV station, probably operate under some different expectations, if not guidelines, than do the more traditional hard- and soft-news reporters. - Tim Wulfemeyer

Now the playing field is getting leveled for all reporters. If you're a sports reporter, you're very likely to be covering legal, ethical, business, health issues - as often as your colleague covering the courts or city government or the political beat. - Tim Wulfemeyer

Maybe athletes and others in sports got a free ride for too long. Maybe it's good that they're being treated like everyone else in the world. One of the major roles of journalism is to be a watchdog of big business and big government and big celebrities. Why should sports be any different? - Tim Wulfemeyer

It's not only pretty. But you can check your teeth after dinner, too! - Tim Wu

Every single search you've ever conducted - ever - is stored on a database somewhere. There's probably nothing more embarrassing than the searches we've made. - Tim Wu

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