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| − | | | + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracynow.org |
|logo=Democracy Now!.png | |logo=Democracy Now!.png | ||
| + | |description="Alternative" media with nothing much to say about [[deep politics]]. | ||
|youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow | |youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow | ||
| − | |twitter=DemocracyNow | + | |twitter=https://twitter.com/DemocracyNow |
|facebook=https://www.facebook.com/democracynow | |facebook=https://www.facebook.com/democracynow | ||
|website=http://democracynow.org/ | |website=http://democracynow.org/ | ||
| − | |constitutes=corporate media | + | |constitutes=corporate media, gatekeeper |
| − | }} | + | |start=1996 |
| − | + | |members=Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Mike Burke | |
| + | |keywiki=http://www.keywiki.org/Democracy_Now%21 | ||
| + | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democracy_Now%21 | ||
| + | |wikileaks=http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Democracy_Now%21 | ||
| + | }}'''Democracy Now!''' is a popular "alternative" media outlet, which while carrying some progressive news, nevertheless avoids certain subjects, and has nothing much to say about [[deep politics]]. It airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, radio (carried by over 1300 stations worldwide) and the [[internet]]. | ||
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| + | ==Funding== | ||
| + | [[image:alternative_media_funding.jpg]] | ||
| + | DN! is produced by [[Democracy Now Productions]] which is funded by listeners, viewers, and ''[[foundations]]''. | ||
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==Censorship== | ==Censorship== | ||
| − | It is revealing that DN had nothing to say about [[ | + | It is revealing that DN had next to nothing to say about [[September 11]]th in 2014, and (as of August 2015) had found noting to report on the topic since September 2013. It is revealing that it also chooses to air [[Noam Chomsky]]'s views on the matter, in spite of his claiming not to know much about it. |
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:31, 23 September 2023
 Democracy Now!  (Corporate media, Gatekeeper)        | |
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| Formation | 1996 |
| Sponsored by | Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Pacifica Foundation |
| Membership | • Amy Goodman • Juan Gonzalez • Mike Burke |
| "Alternative" media with nothing much to say about deep politics. | |
Democracy Now! is a popular "alternative" media outlet, which while carrying some progressive news, nevertheless avoids certain subjects, and has nothing much to say about deep politics. It airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, radio (carried by over 1300 stations worldwide) and the internet.
Contents
Funding
DN! is produced by Democracy Now Productions which is funded by listeners, viewers, and foundations.
Censorship
It is revealing that DN had next to nothing to say about September 11th in 2014, and (as of August 2015) had found noting to report on the topic since September 2013. It is revealing that it also chooses to air Noam Chomsky's views on the matter, in spite of his claiming not to know much about it.
A Quote by Democracy Now!
| Page | Quote | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | “Two years after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized Iran’s oil industry that had been controlled by the company now known as British Petroleum a coup happened in Iran. “If nationalisation in Iran of oil was successful, this would set a terrible example to other countries where U.S. oil interests were present,” explains Ervand Abrahamian, Iranian historian and author of Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat and The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. While the CIA has historically taken credit for Mosaddegh’s overthrow, “the British have not admitted their leading role,” notes Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani, whose documentary film Coup 53 uncovers the influence of MI6 agents who sought to preserve their imperial-era access to Iranian oil and pulled in the Americans by promising a “slice.” Seventy years later, says Amirani, “We are still living with the ripples of this disastrous event” | 2023 |
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Scahill | Senior producer and correspondent | 1993 | 2003 | Dates approximate. Contributor also after 2003. |
Known member
1 of the 3 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Amy Goodman | Presenter of Democracy Now! |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
| Pacifica Foundation | A progressive media foundation, generally anti-war, but also close to official narratives. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:What Happened to Pacifica.pdf | article | 16 December 2019 | Helen Buyniski | The story of Pacifica Radio is a cyclical saga of factional warfare, class and racial struggle, and the power of the self- preservation instinct. |
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