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Democracy requires an effective system of communication that informs and engages the citizenry. Without a broad-based diverse media, the key issues of power and resource allocation are deflected and ignored. James Madison had a keen sense of this. He said, "A popular movement without proper information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." Today, with each new media merger, spaces for independent voices contract.
Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, the daily syndicated radio program. Her reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has earned her top awards. She has gained a reputation for asking hard questions of people in power. President Clinton called her "hostile, combative and disrespectful."
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