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Breaking the Sound Barrier
"You can learn more of the truth about Washington and the world from one week of Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! than from a month of Sunday morning talk shows. Make that a year of Sunday talk shows. That's because Amy, as you will discover on every page of this book, knows the critical question for journalists is how close they are to the truth, not how close they are t...more
Paperback, 377 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Haymarket Books
(first published 2009)
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I listened to the audio version of this book. I felt like I was listening to a 6+ hours of a radio show. The content wasn't very cohesive BUT she has a great voice. There is nothing annoying about her voice, I wish she'd read some of my favorite books for Librivox.org. I enjoyed the stories and situations she shared because they were different than the ones I normally hear over-and-over again.
Amy Goodman's essays over the four or five year this book collects show Amy's honesty, conviction, principles, and insight are consistently on target. It's easy to dismiss criticisms and concerns as global events are happening, but historical context and hindsight vindicate Amy Goodman at nearly every turn. We should listen to her now.
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Heard speak at Green Festival, powerful message:RECLAIM OUR MEDIA from the profit makers/corporate non-persons, media more powerful than swine flu, war, disasters. Community radio and television: OUR RIGHT to public media access, don't let it go. Educate yourself, use your public access channels
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I'm skipping around this collection of articles. I saw her speak in Philly and really enjoyed it. Democracy Now! is doing daily coverage of the climate summit from Copenhagen these days.
I loved it because I love Amy Goodman, and I am so appreciative of everything she, and the other people who work for Democracy Now!, do everyday to keep media open.
Insightful, amazing that this stuff isn't reported in the news. But for an entire book, I have to say, I'd love to see some positive news reported as well.
Dated collection of news columns from 2006-2009.
Great Book!
I like this book because it's quick to read, easy to read, fun to read, and informative. Not many books can capture my interest like this one did.
great coverage on many topics - very short pieces. to make it 5 stars, I would want more linkages or more depth.
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A 1984 graduate of Harvard University, Goodman is best known as the principal host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! program, where she has been described by the Los Angeles Times as "radio's voice of the disenfranchised left". Coverage of the peace and human rights movements — and support of th...more
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A 1984 graduate of Harvard University, Goodman is best known as the principal host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! program, where she has been described by the Los Angeles Times as "radio's voice of the disenfranchised left". Coverage of the peace and human rights movements — and support of th...more
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