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:

    “A young child is no longer simply a child; he or she is a preschooler, poised at the starting gate in the race of life.”
    —Neil Kurshan (20th century)

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