Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a syndicated news and opinion radio and television program that airs on over 350 stations and both satellite television networks in North America. The flagship national program of the Pacifica Radio network, it also broadcasts on community and NPR stations, public access cable television stations, Free Speech TV (channels 9410 and 9415 of the DISH Network), Link TV (channel 375 of the DirecTV satellite network), and over the internet, including as a "podcast". The views of its broadcasters are generally left-wing.

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Radio - Television - North America - Pacifica Radio - Community - NPR - Public access cable television - Free Speech TV - DISH Network - Link TV - DirecTV - Internet - "podcast" - Left-wing

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The program was founded in 1996 at WBAI in New York City by journalists Amy Goodman, Larry Bensky, Juan Gonzalez, Salim Muwakkil, and Julie Drizin. Amy Goodman acts as the program's host with Juan Gonzalez acting as co-host. The program is primarily concerned with issues related to war and U.S. foreign and domestic policy, attempting to provide what it considers an alternative to mainstream news coverage.

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1996 - WBAI - New York City - Amy Goodman - Larry Bensky - Juan Gonzalez - Salim Muwakkil - Julie Drizin - War - U.S. foreign

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The program is funded by listeners, viewers, and foundations. Democracy Now! does not accept donations from corporations or any government funding. The staff of the program does not accept grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting because they fear that funding from any government entity limits the independence of their programming.

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Democracy Now! and its staff have won dozens of journalism awards, including the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary which exposed the Chevron Corporation's role in the deaths of two Nigerian villagers protesting an oil spill in Nigeria, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prize, and the Pinnacle Award for American Women in Radio & Television.

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George Polk Award - 1998 - Chevron Corporation's - Nigeria

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