âThey slammed their M16s against his skullâ: inside the film about Amy Goodmanâs fearless reporting
As Steal This Story, Please! charts her astonishing reports on everything from climate summits to earthquakes to massacres, Goodman talks about dissent, censorship â and
As Steal This Story, Please! charts her astonishing reports on everything from climate summits to earthquakes to massacres, Goodman talks about dissent, censorship â and her âmagic momentsâ âI consider an exclusive a failure,â Amy Goodman says.
It is not a typical observation for a journalist to make, but it is the approach at the heart of a documentary about her career, Steal This Story, Please! If an article, item, narrative or interview is significant enough âit should be shared around the world,â she insists.
This time, however, her goal is not to share a particular news story, but rather an entire professional philosophy. To do so, Goodman had to let âtwo Oscar-nominated stalkers into my lifeâ in an effort to âspread the word about this critical form of independent journalismâ that she has practised over four decades.
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