How Media Silences Anti-War Voices (w/ Amy Goodman)

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Amy Goodman is the longtime host of Democracy Now!, the independent news program she helped launch 30 years ago, which has since grown from a small network of community radio stations into a global media institution.

She spoke to Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross, alongside filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, about the new documentary Steal This Story, Please!, which traces the history of Democracy Now! and Goodman’s career in independent journalism.

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0:00–4:51 What makes Democracy Now! different from corporate media

4:51–9:14 Amy Goodman’s approach to journalism

9:14–12:48 How antiwar voices get sidelined in corporate media

12:48–20:26 Who corporate media really serves

20:26–25:15 Objectivity vs. taking a stance

25:15–36:53 What Democracy Now! adds to the historical record

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