One day, we'll recognize the debt we owe to the likes of Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers.....

[marmar]

....... I'm watching Democracy Now!, covering the NSA story, talking to whistleblowers and scholars you'll never hear from on MSM.
In an era where 'news' often amounts to dictation from government or corporate spokespeople, they are beacons in the dense fog.

[ananda]

1. Hear hear!

..

[Solly Mack]

2. kr

[Junkdrawer]

3. Crush a bunch of people - you'll get mostly dust - and a few diamonds

Amy in particular is a 10 carat gem.

[Enrique]

4. yes, but don't leave out Joe Scarborough

just kidding!

[erpowers]

5. Great Deal Of Information

Anyone who watches their shows gets a great deal of information.

[madokie]

6. Two of my favorite people

Neither are afraid to speak truth to power. They are to be commended.

[Democracyinkind]

7. I won't wait.

I owe both of them very much...

[mountain grammy]

8. I've always thought of Bill Moyers as the smartest man in America.

[lastlib]

14. Indeed he is!!

I especially liked this!

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/22/a_time_for_heresy.php

Bill Moyers is a national treasure!! We definitely need a million more like hime!

[suffragette]

9. K&R

[MrScorpio]

10. Absolutely!

[Daniel537]

11. Real journalists.

Not like the Pravda-esque goons on MSNBC who fawn over anything Obama or the DNC do.

[xiamiam]

12. both of them national treasures..nt

[vanlassie]

13. Amy Goodman is my hero.

Honey Badger.

[rurallib]

31. 'honey badger' makes me think of the day she interviewed Lou Dobbs

man did she take him to the wood shed.

[vanlassie]

32. Well that's a honey badger for ya!

Go Amy.

[hwmnbn]

15. K&R

[Dorn]

16. 100% Agree!

I agree completely and I try to spread the word about their work. I suggest everyone send Democracy Now! a couple of bucks now!

[OnyxCollie]

17. K&R. nt

[bananas]

18. And Pacifica Radio banned her years ago.

Some idiots took control of Pacifica and wanted to make it more like NPR.

In particular, they wanted to attract corporate financing and corporate listeners,
which meant getting rid of programs like Amy's, as well as the more eclectic programs they were known for.

They purged a lot of good programmers, including Amy Goodman.

But she kept producing her programs, they were played on independent radio stations and college stations.

For a while Roy Tuckman at KPFK played her show at 5am calling it "The Amy Goodman Hour"
(he has a radio show from midnight to 6 am, and technically it was "Democracy Now" that was banned).

[90-percent]

29. Pacifica executives

I hope those talented titans of media at least walked away with eight figure golden parachutes for their achievements at Pacifica!

-90% Jimmy

[Zen Democrat]

41. No, it's not.

My Pacifica station, KPFT in Houston, has Democracy Now live every weekend a.m. And I know for a fact that she's on Pacifica in NY, and probably elsewhere. Bottom line, she's not banned or I wouldn't have been able to listen to DN this morning on Pacifica.

[bananas]

42. I said "years ago"

Please read this: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2002/01/9510.html

[Overseas]

19. K&R because I love them right now.

[heaven05]

20. +10000

[navarth]

21. someday?? EVERY day since I first saw them

2 of the best.

[L0oniX]

22. Best news source and journalism there is.

[limpyhobbler]

23. yep. nt

[sabrina 1]

24. Both are real journalists which is why they are not on the MSM. But right here on DU yesterday

I was told that they are 'part of a rat pack with no credibility'.

[ReRe]

46. I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing that, sabrina 1.....

... I didn't see it, as I was in Drs offices all day yesterday. Please point me to that thread, someone saying Amy Goodman/Bill Moyers are "...part of a rat pack with no credibility." I want to see how that went over for the dude who said it. Those two are basically a couple of the only real broadcast journalists we have left. Yeah, we can come up with others, but those two have got to be at the top of the list. Thanks!

[xxqqqzme]

25. I trust both of them.

Never let me down. You can trust their information.

[KoKo]

26. Recommend..

[joelz]

27. They are national treasures

no corporate sponsors just real journalism

the range and depth of dn topics is breathtaking

http://www.democracynow.org/topics

[90-percent]

28. Both awe inspiring journalists

But I do want to rattle off some others that I like that are doing great work.

Thom Hartmann
Keith Olbermann
Greg Palast
Glen Greenwald,
Jeremy Scahill
Michael Moore
Rachel, Chris, Ed, Lawrence and the other MSNBC journos
Bill Maher
Jon Stewart
Steve Colbert
Ezra Klein
Naomi Klein
Paul Krugmann
Robert Reich
Chris Hedges

off the top of my head. I'm sure I left some out.

And just to give a plug to a younger person,

http://www.davidpakman.com/

I think David's an up and comer in truthful (aka "left wing&quot journalism

Amy and Bill are national treasures.

-90% Jimmy

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

44. K&R to the OP and to this reply.

[tblue]

30. I give monthly to Pacifica

even when I don't watch or listen (because I'm weary from all the outrage). Amy is a national treasure. And Bill Moyers too. Saw him in person once and I will never forget that he said campaign finance reform is the most important cause of our time. Even if it's not achieved in our lifetime, we have to work for it now. Think abolitionists.

Love them both. Good post!

[DeSwiss]

33. K&R

Wakeup Crew

[Fantastic Anarchist]

34. I'll be more than happy to Kick and Rec.

[WillyT]

35. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[rhett o rick]

36. Two American heroes. nm

[JDPriestly]

37. Wonderful people. Thanks.

The government does not need to have so much disdain and fear of the people. We are a tolerant, good nation. That our government hides so much from us but is so intrusive when it comes to observing our lives is really insulting and troubling.

Government of the people, by the people and for the people. That is what we are supposed to have. We have wandered far from that ideal.

[Fuddnik]

38. Kick and Rec!

[Fire Walk With Me]

39. Bravo! And Thom Hartmann as well! n/t

[closeupready]

40. Love them both! K&R

[tardybar]

43. news

It is a shame Amy is not on the regular channels.

[woo me with science]

45. Huge K&R

Thank you.

[DCKit]

47. Or you and me... it's not as we've been passive. nt

[TakeALeftTurn]

48. Amy Goodman last year : How the NSA has gone rogue

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/26/how-national-security-agency-gone-rogue

[ReRe]

51. +++++++ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You need to make and OP out of Amy's NSA article (from April 2012.) Thanks for that link. And please do OP it for more exposure!

[ReRe]

49. K&R

One day? I do every day! Often now, when I see Amy's face and hear her report the news, I think of Walter Cronkite. Yes, she and Bill Moyers are beacons of the free press! We need a cable channel called "The Free Press" = TFP. We have a great free press. They just aren't on commercial TV, that's all. Why, we have a whole lot of good ones. Good enough that there would be very little repetition, like the MSM does. Commercials for such a cable channel (TFP) could be REAL non-profit orgs whose soul reason's for existence are social welfare projects.

[PufPuf23]

50. Recommended just on the title of the thread.

Amy Goodman and Bill Moyer are flickers and morality in a neoliberal world.

[Kath1]

52. I love Amy!

She was very instrumental in my evolution from apolitical to very political.
I love that photo of her smiling and flashing the peace sign. Just a wonderful person.

[aflame]

53. Is the Debt Really "$222 Trillion Dollars"? Talk to me!

After the gerrymander of Indian Hill, Ohio, into district one, we may as well all be Republicans. Our views differ. Are we going forward, dealing with our fiscal problems; or, are we going back into time when only white landholders were allowed to vote, and women were less valuable than slaves, because they could not be sold.

Our government was a Plutocracy then; and, it is a Plutocracy now. It is not a representative Republic, and certainly not a democracy. Why, because most legislators and votes are hired and purchased by big money interests.

If the debt is our main problem, and it is, what is the debt? The debt we hear discussed, $16/17 Trillion dollars, is basically the annual payment on the debt. The real debt is all that has been promised to be paid, minus all that is expected as income during the time the debt exists. The real debt is “$222 Trillion” over several decades. Put that, with quotation marks, into Google and read. These are OMB figures.

http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2012/12/01/economist_laurence_kotlikoff_us_222_trillion_in_debt_363.html

WE are bankrupt. There are those who can convene, who have the background, and the ideas, to dig us out of this fiscal hole, without destroying the currency, the economy, our safety nets, and our personal lives. The question is, are we willing to listen, and act? If we are to solve our problems, we must have leadership with the brains, and independence to take us there.

The diversions of abortion, birth control, gun control, and a host of other social issues, must not detract from the irresponsible fiscal management of this country. None of these issues will matter if the majority of the population is dumpster diving, and stealing food from their neighbors, due to a collapse of the economy.