Amy Goodman ✓

(1957) journalist United States

22 quotes in 410 categories

Amy Goodman (born 1957) was a United States journalist, known for Democracy Now!|One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern|The Exception to the Rulers|Access of Evil|Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People who Fight Back|Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times|Breaking the Sound Barrier|The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope|Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America.

All Amy Goodman Quotes

• Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do. Barrier
• Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed… Accountability
• In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world. Doe
• But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it—everyday seeing 'Operation Iraqi… Any
• Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten… Beaten
• We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society. Build
• I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track Journalist
• While law-abiding Muslims are forced to hide in their homes, and animal-rights activists are labeled as terrorists for undercover filming of abusive treatment at factory… Abiding
• So it is fair to ask, why not address the threat of climate change when it is still possible? Asad Rehman, of the international environmental… Address
• The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the… Absolutely
• Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change… Africa
• A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual… Actual
• If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. Activist
• The Pacifica Network is a vital cornerstone of our independent media landscape that depends on your financial support. Please donate today to safeguard the future… Community
• The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change. Change
• War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters. Coverage
• We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs. All
• Go to where the silence is and say something. Go
• I really do think that if for one week in the United States we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limbs sheared… Apart
• Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen… Among
• The media—stenographers to power. Inspirational

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