Gate Keeper

Gate Keeper

A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate. In the late 20th century the term came into metaphorical use, referring to individuals who decide whether a given message will be distributed by a mass medium.

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Famous quotes containing the words gate and/or keeper:

    “What heaven-entreated heart is this
    Stands trembling at the gate of bliss;
    Holds fast the door, yet dares not venture
    Fairly to open it and enter?
    Whose definition is a doubt
    ‘Twixt life and death, ‘twixt in and out?”
    —Richard Crashaw (1613?–1649)

    “There was a weasel lived in the sun
    With all his family,
    Till a keeper shot him with his gun”
    —Edward Thomas (1878–1917)