Amy Goodman Quotes

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We have a decision to make every hour of every day, and that is whether to represent the sword or the shield. Democracy now.

Amy Goodman
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 are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.

Amy Goodman
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.

Amy Goodman
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 down by the powerful.

Amy Goodman
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 earnings.

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The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

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[The media] are using a national treasure—that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.

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People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.

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If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them.

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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 Freedom'—you have to ask: 'If this were state controlled media, how would it be any different?'

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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 from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes...reach the light of day?

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In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

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[The media can be] the greatest force for peace on the earth [for] it is how we come to understand each other.

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