Overview
- The documentary "Steal This Story, Please!" opens in theaters this week with a portrait of Amy Goodman and her daily program Democracy Now!.
- Its first scene shows Goodman pressing P. Wells Griffith III at the 2018 U.N. climate summit after he refuses to answer basic questions on climate policy.
- The title promotes "trickle-up journalism," a call for independent outlets to surface stories that larger newsrooms then feel compelled to cover.
- The film spotlights Democracy Now!’s funding model, which rejects ads and government money, has no paywall, and reaches about 1,500 stations plus 3.2 million YouTube subscribers.
- It warns about corporate consolidation, citing the Paramount–Skydance merger and layoffs at The Washington Post that Goodman said cut the newsroom by a third.