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people cannot take action if they don't have accurate information.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
The Bush team has invoked a basic principle of propaganda: Control the images and you control the people.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
What the corporations fear most is that grassroots activists and independent journalists will utilize the same model that companies have used to grab power: globalization. Grassroots globalization.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
That is one of the media's most serious responsibilities, to open up the discussion.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
Vibrant debate and dissent exist in this country, but you are not reading or hearing about this in the mainstream press.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
We are a compassionate people. But people cannot take action if they don't have accurate information.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
We have a decision to make every hour of every day, and that is whether to represent the sword or the shield. Democracy now.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
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.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
When George W. Bush and his foot soldiers can't build an airtight legal case, suspicion and xenophobia will suffice.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
If you are opposed to war, you are not a fringe minority. You are not a silent majority. You are part of a silenced majority. Silenced by the mainstream media.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
Social change does not spring forth from the minds of generals or presidents-in fact, change is often blocked by the powerful. Change starts with ordinary people working in their communities. And that's where media should start as well.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
In a society where freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution, our media largely acts as a megaphone for those in power. That's why people are so hungry for independent media-and are starting to make their own.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
In closed-door meetings, nameless trade bureaucrats from 146 countries and multinational corporations were now saying, in effect, you can pass your laws in your democratically elected legislatures to protect workers or the environment. We'll just overturn them at the WTO.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
People across the political spectrum are outraged by the profiteering corporations-Bush's corporate criminal sponsors, including Enron, World Com, and Halliburton-robbing our treasury, raiding our pensions, ravaging our wilderness areas, and running away with the loot.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
In 1981, the KKK's Grand Wizard claimed that his greatest act "was engineering the bombing of a left-wing radio station," because he understood how dangerous Pacifica was.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)