Current Affairs

How Media Silences Anti-War Voices (w/ Amy Goodman)

April 12, 2026·36 min
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🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Amy Goodman is the longtime host of Democracy Now!, the independent news program she helped launch 30 years ago, which has since grown from a small network of community radio stations into a global media institution. She spoke to Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross, alongside filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, about the new documentary Steal This Story, Please!, which traces the history of Democracy Now! and Goodman’s career in independent journalism. 🗽 Watch Steal This Story, Please!: https://stealthisstory.org/ 0:00–4:51 What makes Democracy Now! different from corporate media 4:51–9:14 Amy Goodman’s approach to journalism 9:14–12:48 How antiwar voices get sidelined in corporate media 12:48–20:26 Who corporate media really serves 20:26–25:15 Objectivity vs. taking a stance 25:15–36:53 What Democracy Now! adds to the historical record 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/

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