Standing Up to the Madness
Original airdate: July 24, 2009
“Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 800 TV and radio stations in North America. Time Magazine named Democracy Now! its “Pick of the Podcasts,†along with NBC’s Meet the Press.
Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.†… The Independent of London called Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! “an inspirationâ€; PULSE named her one of the 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009.”
- from www.democracynow.org
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