Amy Goodman Quotes

Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed to be holding those in power accountable. We're not supposed to be their megaphone. That's what the corporate media have become.

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

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Beware of mothers who have nothing left to lose.

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I loved what she said about Cindy Sheehan... I think it's important that she exposed the oil companies' destruction of our planet and how they hire the military to kill village people where they are raping the resources and the people in Nigeria. And she's exposing the oil spills.. And how the Pentagon tried to hide the truth about atomic bombs (and paid a New York Times reporter) to write stories that covered up the radiation sickness

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I really do think that if for one week in the U.S. 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. Our mission is to make dissent commonplace in America.

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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.

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We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

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

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