Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! calls itself an alternative to the corporate media, and the weekly column by host Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan took progressive positions, such as calling for resistance to Donald Trump and urging an end to what it called genocide in Gaza.

Editorial record means the rating rests on the outlet's documented record, such as its editorial board's endorsements, the stated purpose it was founded for, its opinion lineup or its published commitments such as an ethics policy. Scope: Whole outlet · US politics. Confidence: medium. What these mean

Evidence

• Columns page: the host's weekly column with Denis Moynihan; its 2025 columns called for resistance to Trump, for seating Adelita Grijalva in the House, and for stopping what it called the Gaza genocide. “The weekly syndicated column by Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan went on hiatus”
• History page: describes the program as a quality alternative to the corporate media and highlights its coverage of protest movements and anti-corporate globalization activism. “Since inception, Democracy Now! has been covering the movements changing America.”
• About page: an independent daily news hour hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan González that takes no government funding, corporate sponsorship, underwriting or advertising. “Democracy Now! is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization.”

Limits of this rating

• Democracy Now! does not state a political label itself; this rating rests on its host's column and its stated mission, and the column has been on hiatus since January 2026.
• An editorial_record rating describes the outlet's institutional voice, not its accuracy or every interview.

First draft by Sol, our AI editor, on Nov 3, 2026. Rewritten and checked against the evidence pages by Claude, an AI system, which can change the draft's label. Accepted by our human editor on Nov 3, 2026, as part of a batch.

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