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"Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do."

Amy Goodman, American Journalist

Media, Corporate, Silence, Sound

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"Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do."

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