Amy Goodman Quotes

United States, Journalist
April 13, 1957

Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Goodman's investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement and Chevron Corporation's role in Nigeria. Since 1996, Goodman has hosted Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Thomas Merton Award in 2004, a Right Livelihood Award in 2008, and an Izzy Award in 2009 for "special achievement in independent media".

Also known as Columnist, Author

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.

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

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- Decision
- Democracy

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.

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.

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

Amy Goodman
- World
- Smile