Amy Goodman Quotes

• El periodismo es la única profesión explícitamente protegida por la Constitución de Estados Unidos, porque se supone que los periodistas son el control y el equilibrio del gobierno. Se supone que debemos pedir cuentas a los que están en el poder. No debemos ser su megáfono. En eso se han convertido los medios de comunicación corporativos.

  Amy Goodman

  Power, Government, Media

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• Ir allí donde está el silencio. Esa es la responsabilidad de un periodista: dar voz a quienes han sido olvidados, abandonados y vapuleados por los poderosos.

  Amy Goodman

  Powerful, Responsibility, Helping Others

  "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media". Book by Amy Goodman, 2004.

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• Realmente creo que si durante una semana en Estados Unidos viéramos la verdadera cara de la guerra, viéramos los miembros de la gente amputados, viéramos a niños volados en pedazos, durante una semana, la guerra sería erradicada. En cambio, lo que vemos en los medios de comunicación estadounidenses es el videojuego de la guerra.

  Amy Goodman

  War, Kids, Thinking

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• While law-abiding Muslims are forced to hide in their homes, and animal-rights activists are labeled as terrorists for undercover filming of abusive treatment at factory farms, right-wing hate groups are free to organize, parade, arm themselves to the hilt and murder with chilling regularity. It’s time for our society to confront this very real threat.

  Amy Goodman

  Hate, Real, Home

  FaceBook post by Amy Goodman from Apr 17, 2014

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• Go to where the silence is and say something.

  Amy Goodman

  Inspiring, Imagination, Silence

  Quoted in Columbia Journalism Review, Mar./Apr. 1994

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• Los medios de comunicación son absolutamente esenciales para el funcionamiento de una democracia. Nuestro trabajo no es complacer al poder. Se supone que somos el control y el equilibrio del gobierno.

  Amy Goodman

  Jobs, Government, Media

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• Los medios independientes pueden llegar hasta donde está el silencio y romper la barrera del sonido, haciendo lo que las cadenas corporativas se niegan a hacer.

  Amy Goodman

  Independent, Media, Silence

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• Go where there is silence and say something.

  Amy Goodman

  Silencio

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

  Amy Goodman

  Years, Track, Ridiculous

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• People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.

  Amy Goodman

  Hate, Media, People

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• [The media can be] the greatest force for peace on the earth [for] it is how we come to understand each other.

  Amy Goodman

  Media, Earth, Force

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• The media—stenographers to power.

  Amy Goodman

  Media, Propaganda

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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.

  Amy Goodman

  Country, Character, Media

  "The Exception to the Rulers". Book by Amy Goodman and David Goodman, 2004.

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• In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.

  Amy Goodman

  Native American, Marine, Army

  Fuente: www.truth-out.org

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• A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.

  Amy Goodman

  Taken, Typical, Earning

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.328, Haymarket Books

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• As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.

  Amy Goodman

  Military, People, United States

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

  Amy Goodman

  War, Government, Parades

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

  Amy Goodman

  Media, Play, Climate

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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• Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.

  Amy Goodman

  Country, Impact, Islands

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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• Así que es justo preguntarse, ¿por qué no abordar la amenaza del cambio climático cuando aún es posible? Asad Rehman, del grupo ecologista internacional Amigos de la Tierra, que estaba en New York para la marcha por el clima, me dijo: "Si podemos encontrar los billones [de dólares] que estamos encontrando para conflictos, ya sea la invasión en Irak o Afganistán o ahora el conflicto en Siria, entonces podemos encontrar el tipo de dinero que se necesita para la transformación que proporcionará energía limpia y renovable."

  Amy Goodman

  New York, Iraq, Environmental

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• [The media] are using a national treasure - that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.

  Amy Goodman

  Responsibility, Media, Diversity

  Winter Soldier Testimony, 2008.

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• Over the first two weeks of the Donald Trump administration, Steve Bannon has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the White House. The New York Times ran an editorial posing the question, "President Bannon?" wrote, quote, "We've never witnessed a political aide move as brazenly to consolidate power as Stephen Bannon - nor have we seen one do quite so much damage so quickly to his putative boss's popular standing or pretenses of competence."

  Amy Goodman

  Powerful, Moving, House

  Fuente: www.truth-out.org

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• If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them.

  Amy Goodman

  Wall, Party, Numbers

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.327, Haymarket Books

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• The Pacifica Network is a vital cornerstone of our independent media landscape that depends on your financial support. Please donate today to safeguard the future of listener-powered community radio.

  Amy Goodman

  Independent, Media, Support

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• Whether you vote for me or you don't vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion. And I will be your champion, whether you vote for me or not.

  Amy Goodman

  Champion, Vote

  Fuente: www.truth-out.org

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