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I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Journalist Learned Politician Ridiculous Right Right Track Says Track Years You

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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 check and balance on government.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Absolutely Balance Check Cozy Democracy Essential Government Job Media Our Power Supposed Up

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War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Coverage Generals Government More Parade Posing Reporters Retired Should Than War

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Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Barrier Break Corporate Doing Go Independent Media Networks Refuse Silence Sound Where

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We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Allowed Jobs Journalists Protect

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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.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Activists Covering Descended Equal Number Party Reporters Street Tea Tea Party Them Wall Wall Street Would You

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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.

~Amy Goodman

Topics: Actual Earnings Investors Involves Money New Off Paying Rather Scheme Taken Taking Than Them Then Typical

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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

Topics: Africa Beyond Borders Change Climate Climate Change Countries Deadly Developing Developing Countries Growing Impacts Island Levels Like Live More Most Much Nations People Rising Sea Small States Threats United United States Wealthy Where World

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

~Amy Goodman

Topics: About Change Climate Climate Change Critical Educating Media News News Media Play Public Role

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: April 13th, 1957

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