Breaking the Sound Barrier

“Amy Goodman is a towering progressive freedom-fighter in the media and the world. Breaking the Sound Barrier is another expression of her vision and courage.”
—Cornel West

“If you are one of the millions of people who love listening to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, and appreciate the passion, intelligence, and insight she brings to her subjects, I’ve got very good news: she’s just as compelling, thought-provoking, and fearless on the page. By bringing us the perspectives of those too often denied access to the media megaphone, Breaking the Sound Barrier is crusading journalism at its best.”
—Arianna Huffington

“Amy Goodman is one of the most important voices in America. She defies the noise and clamor of celebrity gossip. She challenges the manipulation of information and dissemination of lies by the power elite. She refuses to pander to a culture where news is seen as another form of entertainment designed to bolster corporate profits. She holds steadfast to the core values of our trade. Her integrity and honesty remind us that a culture that cannot distinguish between illusion and reality dies.”
—Chris Hedges

“Amy Goodman has consistently set the bar for common sense journalism. Every weekday morning Democracy Now! is the one place you can learn of events, usually straight from the horse’s mouth, and not from a ‘news model’ telling you what to think. There is no one who should be more on mainstream media, every day reminding us and giving us a glimpse of the power of one, than Amy. She will go down in history as one of the voices of democracy’s greatest champions. A collection of all of her hard work, on our behalf, is a great reference tool…and brilliantly Amy!”
—Willie Nelson

Praise for Amy Goodman

“Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights of exciting, informative, and probing analysis.”
—Noam Chomsky

“You want public broadcasting to be balanced against all these elite establishment voices that get heard? Get Amy Goodman on public television.”
—Bill Moyers
(read the full text of Bill Moyer's introduction to Breaking the Sound Barrier at http://www.truthout.org/1027098)

“What journalism should be: beholden to the interests of people, not power and profit.”
—Arundhati Roy

“At times when people are told to ‘watch what they say,’ Amy Goodman is not afraid to speak truth to power. She does it every day.”
—Susan Sarandon

“[Carries] the great muckraking tradition of Upton Sinclair, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone into the electronic age.”
—Howard Zinn

“Amy Goodman continues the quest for global justice and awareness by bringing us stories and a perspective that we don’t normally get from the mainstream media.”
—Danny Glover