I Loathe Amy Goodman of Democracy Now

[dustintv]

I use to think she was a goddess of truth amongest the mass media but now she show just flat out blows. There are too many inconsistencies in her reporting these days although I could see Pacifica interfering with operations. Her title "Exception to the Rulers" no longer rings true as she left her guard down and be pushed around in her interviews with Stephen Colbert, Wesley Clark, and NY Times reporter Michael Gordon.

Amy, I still love ya, but your lacking the courage you once had in East Timor and with your interrogation of corporate media...time to hung it up and take a break.

 

[gr8oldies]

OK, Amy. You want "Democracy Now" If that's the case, is it OK if your side loses? Of course not!

 

[dustintv]

OK, Amy. You want "Democracy Now" If that's the case, is it OK if your side loses? Of course not!

THANK YOU! But she hasn't been herself for the last good year for whatever reason...I say she's loosing it. Her syndicated column is pretty good actually, its just Democracy Now! is a complete shell of itself and Goodman isn't doing good by letting the show deteoriate.

 

[Lando Griffin]

Amy Goodman comes across as an angry, bitter old woman. "Democracy Now" is nothing more than a PR vehicle for the Ultra Left on the taxpayers' dime.

In addition, the show is a technical disaster. How much dead air or poor audio can one take, even on public radio?

 

[FightingIrish]

Amy Goodman comes across as an angry, bitter old woman. "Democracy Now" is nothing more than a PR vehicle for the Ultra Left on the taxpayers' dime.

In addition, the show is a technical disaster. How much dead air or poor audio can one take, even on public radio?

On the contrary. "Democracy Now" is adamant in that they take no government money for the show. It's all donations and underwriting.

As for the show, it is an acquired taste.

 

[Lando Griffin]

Amy Goodman comes across as an angry, bitter old woman. "Democracy Now" is nothing more than a PR vehicle for the Ultra Left on the taxpayers' dime.

In addition, the show is a technical disaster. How much dead air or poor audio can one take, even on public radio?

On the contrary. "Democracy Now" is adamant in that they take no government money for the show. It's all donations and underwriting.

As for the show, it is an acquired taste.

Your point is well taken and fair on the side of Goodman. Unfortunately, it's played on a large number of government-subsidized public stations and government/student subsidized college radio stations. In most colleges, students are forced to pay an activity fee to fund these station operations as well as the large number of speakers like Ward Churchil and Cornell West who gladly line their pockets while spreading their vitrol to students across America -- all on the taxpayers dime or out of the wallets of students who are forced to hand over their money to these "student activity fees"...

 

[Gnarlodious]

I confess I have always disliked Democracy Now. Amy Goodman comes across as as an Anarchist who uses public resources to wage war against any kind of social order. Her antisemitic agenda makes her sound like another angry self-hating Jew, and I say this as a Liberal Jew. I don't believe Democracy Now relates to democracy at all.

 

[bigtalkradiofan]

"Democracy Now" is nothing more than a PR vehicle for the Ultra Left on the taxpayers' dime.

On the contrary. "Democracy Now" is adamant in that they take no government money for the show. It's all donations and underwriting.

Your point is well taken and fair on the side of Goodman. Unfortunately, it's played on a large number of government-subsidized public stations and government/student subsidized college radio stations. In most colleges, students are forced to pay an activity fee to fund these station operations as well as the large number of speakers like Ward Churchil and Cornell West who gladly line their pockets while spreading their vitrol to students across America -- all on the taxpayers dime or out of the wallets of students who are forced to hand over their money to these "student activity fees"...

My understanding is:

Many non-commercial radio stations receive taxpayer-subsidized CPB funds annually, usually around 15-20% of the station's operating budget - and this money must be used to pay for programming content; and it is this taxpayer-subsidized CPB money that goes to non-comm stations that then gets passed-on to pay for broadcast rights to Democracy Now.

I get the impression that this is one of the primary reasons why the political right annually submits a legislative bill to Congress that would zero-out the CPB budget.

 

[dustintv]

I confess I have always disliked Democracy Now. Amy Goodman comes across as as an Anarchist who uses public resources to wage war against any kind of social order. Her antisemitic agenda makes her sound like another angry self-hating Jew, and I say this as a Liberal Jew. I don't believe Democracy Now relates to democracy at all.

LOL when Goodman was on The Colbert Report, Colbert stated her show came on before "Anarchy Later!"...

Yes Goodman encourages people to question authority. She also feels that's what a reporter's job is to do, and of course in today's political climate we can't always be too trusting of our leaders. However, I think she pushes it too much sometimes like in her interviews with Bill Clinton and Wesley Clark, although Clark turned the tables on her. She didn't however question Hugo Chavez enough and when she heard about his "rule by decree powers" she went "OOPS!". Funny though, one of my nitpicks of Goodman is that if someone is question her authority or debunk her facts like Wesley Clark did, she always has some sort of aniexty attack, craps her pants and starts running.

Back in 2001 Amy was assualted and harassed by her boss in the WBAI offices. Amy did not file any charges or stand up for herself like she is always promoting, instead she did nothing and ran away to the present studios DN! works out of without resolution. That's why I say her slogan "Exception to the Rulers" is false. She talks the talk but when it comes down to walking the walk she is a hypocrite.

 

[willcail]

The show is funded by the Ford Foundation.

 

[RobertAnthony]

Amy Goodman comes across as an angry, bitter old woman. "Democracy Now" is nothing more than a PR vehicle for the Ultra Left on the taxpayers' dime.

In addition, the show is a technical disaster. How much dead air or poor audio can one take, even on public radio?

On the contrary. "Democracy Now" is adamant in that they take no government money for the show. It's all donations and underwriting.

As for the show, it is an acquired taste.

Yeah, and sometimes it leaves a VERY SOUR taste in my mouth. In college during my indoctrination, I had a professor, Paul Jalbert, who as a requirement in a media course, MADE US LISTEN TO WBAI 99.5--A WASTE OF 50,000 FM WATTS IF EVER THERE WAS ONE.

The show is also carried in video form on cable systems:

http://www.democracynow.org/stations.pl?op=fullsearch&broadcast=tv

In fact on the list for my state, Connecticut, it has 6 listings--INCLUDING THE UCONN CABLE SYSTEM HUSKYVISION on a channel called Free Speech TV--the name may sound innocent, BUT IT'S FAR FROM IT. Thankfully Fox News Channel is there to counterbalance things.

Meanwhile, look (and CRINGE) at some of the "programs" available:

http://www.freespeech.org/html/program.shtml

I hope Cablevision WILL NOT carry this "channel" here. I think it's on both DIRECTV and DISH Network


The name Democracy Now going off-topic slightly, is a total misnomer--we live in a republic, not under mob rule, which is what democracy in essence means.