39 Quotes by Amy Goodman

The media—stenographers to power.

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 off, we saw kids blown apart, for one week, war would be eradicated. Instead, what we see in the U.S. media is the video war game.

Only when the media shines a spotlight can people know and decide whether to act.

Journalists are not entertainers. We are reporters. We go to places that are unpopular. We broadcast voices that are controversial. We are not here to win popularity contests. We are here to cover the issues critical to a democratic society. We have to pressure the media, to shame the media into going into these forgotten places where so many are sent to waste away in silence.

More and more people are saying 'no' to government lies, corporate greed, and a slavish media.The silenced majority is finding its voice.

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

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.

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

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