Review of "Breaking the Sound Barrier" by Amy Goodman

Review written by Joy Boothe

 “Each person is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.”

- Amy Goodman

In Goodman’s latest book, an anthology of reports from “Democracy Now!” she sticks to the facts whether reporting on climate change, Wall Street bailouts, public healthcare vs private insurance companies or anything else in between.  Goodman gives us information that at times we may wish we didn’t know, but need to know if we are to make informed decisions about the issues of our day. Goodman’s reporting does not rely on propaganda, ties to special interest groups or rhetoric. She is a truth teller. “It is,” she has said, “the responsibility of journalists to go where the silence is, to seek out news and people who are ignored, to accurately and clearly report on the issues…issues that the corporate, for profit media often distort, if they cover them at all. 

 A New York Times bestselling author, journalist and reporter, Goodman has won dozens of awards including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

I double dog dare you to read this book.  Investigative journalism at its best…hard hitting with no holds barred.