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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 to pow...more
Paperback, 377 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Haymarket Books
(first published 2009)
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Jun 03, 2012
Alexandria Baca
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
aspiring journalists, independent thinkers
Recommended to Alexandria by:
Garrett Arnold
Goodman is an independent journalist and host of Democracy Now, a daily TV/radio news program. She's unconventional and known for criticizing the mainstream media (among others) and asking, Who aren't we talking to?
"Breaking the Sound Barrier" is a collection of her syndicated columns from 2006 to 2009, grouped into themes including war, torture, climate change, media and elections. But don't think her columns are some radical left-wing editorials — they're not. Goodman is independent, and I th...more
"Breaking the Sound Barrier" is a collection of her syndicated columns from 2006 to 2009, grouped into themes including war, torture, climate change, media and elections. But don't think her columns are some radical left-wing editorials — they're not. Goodman is independent, and I th...more
There are some books that make you realize things about Americans and their avid capitalism. Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent radio show about a large array of subjects including politics.
Through her eyes, she makes every details count. Every single one. The main themes are: war, climate change, the case of torture (in America), healthcare, media, activism, elections and also Obama. Basically, name it: it will be feature. What I enjoyed is that Goodman is liberal and in...more
Through her eyes, she makes every details count. Every single one. The main themes are: war, climate change, the case of torture (in America), healthcare, media, activism, elections and also Obama. Basically, name it: it will be feature. What I enjoyed is that Goodman is liberal and in...more
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.
When I first started reading this book in 2009, the information was new and interesting to me. Now that I've picked it up again, it reads more like a collection of dated newspaper articles. While the journalism is certainly high quality, it is more of a book to skim through than to read from cover to cover.
Nov 18, 2009
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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
Dec 11, 2009
Daniel
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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!
This book as well as Amy Goodman's fine journalistic work exposes the vast limitations of our generally heard and seen corporately-funded (and skewed) news reporting (or lack thereof).
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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Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist and author.
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 the independent media —...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 the independent media —...more
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