The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
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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,Amy Goodman
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We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.
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