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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Democracy Now! Season 1996 Episode 1 - Mon, Feb 19, 1996
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  2. Democracy Now! Season 2000 Episode 161 - Mon, Aug 14, 2000
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  3. Democracy Now! Season 2003 Episode 1 - Friday, July 11, 2003
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    * Drilling and Killing: As President Bush Meets with the CEO of Chevron Texaco in Nigeria, a Look at Chevrons Role in the Killing of Two Nigerian Villagers * Transcript of Drilling and Killing Documentary

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  4. Democracy Now! Season 2008 Episode 20 - Episode 20
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  5. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 1 - Thursday, January 01, 2009
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  6. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 2 - Friday, January 02, 2009
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  7. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 3 - Monday, January 05, 2009
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    2009/01/05 Headlines: Israeli Troops Invade Gaza; Death Toll Tops 530; US Blocks UN Call for Ceasefire in Gaza; Gaza Hospitals Struggle Without Power & Supplies; Israel Assassinates Hamas Official & His Family; International Protests Against Israel Continue; Commerce Pick Richardson Withdraws; Obama Stimulus to Include $300 Billion in Tax Cuts; Franken Takes 225-Vote Lead Over Coleman; Denver School Chief to Become Colorado Senator; Democrats Threaten to Block Burris from Taking Senate Seat; Coal Ash Disaster: Test Show Arsenic at 300x Normal Level in Water; Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Baghdad; 5,300 Die in Drug-Related Killings in Mexico in 2008; Sri Lankan Military Take Rebel Capital; Cuba Marks 50th Anniversary of Revolution; AirTran Removes Muslim Family from Plane; Texas Activist Admits He Was FBI Informant; Anti-Apartheid Politician Helen Suzman, 91, Dies

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  8. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 4 - Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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    2009/01/06 Headlines: Israeli Attack Intensifies; Tanks Enter Khan Yunis; Israel Bombs UN School, Three Killed; Doctor: Most Palestinian Casualties Are Civilians; Red Cross: Gaza Is a “Full-Blown" Humanitarian Crisis; Bush Refuses to Call for Ceasefire; Poll: Americans Divided Over Israeli Attack; Obama Defers to Bush on Gaza Crisis; Obama Taps Leon Panetta to Head CIA; Bush Critic Picked to Head Office of Legal Counsel; Obama: Future Will Be “Dramatically Worse” If Stimulus Plan Is Not Approved; Canvassing Board: Al Franken Won Minn. Recount; Coleman to Sue; US Opens Massive New Embassy in Iraq; Bush to Create World's Largest Marine Protection Area; JetBlue & TSA Officials Pay Raed Jarrar $240,000 Settlement; Video: Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Black Man on Oakland Train Platform

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  9. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 5 - Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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    2009/01/07 Headlines: Israel Bombs UN School, 40 Killed; Palestinian Death Toll at 680; Israel Death Toll at 10; Obama: “Deep Concern” Over Loss of Civilian Lives in Gaza and Israel; Egypt Proposes Ceasefire; Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador; Five Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty in Nisoor Square Massacre Case; Senate Democrats Block Roland Burris from Taking Seat; Report: Blagojevich Met with SEIU Head Andy Stern in November; India: “Official Agencies in Pakistan” Involved in Mumbai Attacks; US Rejects Request to Let Haitians Temporarily Stay in US; Pentagon: PTSD Victims Not Eligible for Purple Heart; Russia Cuts Off Gas Exports to Much of Europe; Oakland Police Shooting Victim to Be Buried; Protesters Arrested at Senate Hart Office Building; Obama Offers Surgeon General Job to Sanjay Gupta

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  10. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 6 - Thursday, January 08, 2009
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    2009/01/08 Headlines: Palestinian Toll Passes 700; Around One-Third Children; School Bombing Toll Reaches 46 as Israel Retracts Claim of Militant Fire; Red Cross Condemns Israel for Blocking Access to Bombing Site; Lebanese Militants Fire at Northern Israel; Fighting Suspended for 3-Hour Aid Delivery; EU Backs Egyptian Ceasefire Proposal; UN General Assembly to Meet on Gaza Attack; Palestinian, Israeli Protesters Condemn Attack on Gaza; Jewish-Canadian Women Occupy Toronto Israeli Consulate; Senate Dems Reverse Opposition to Burris; Bush Hosts Obama, Ex-Presidents at White House; Officer in Oakland Transit Shooting Resigns; 15 Protesters Arrested

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  11. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 7 - Friday, January 09, 2009
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    2009/01/09 Headlines: Israel Continues Gaza Attack as Security Council Calls for Ceasefire; Palestinian Toll Reaches 778; At Least 200 Children Killed; UN, Red Cross Suspend Relief Work After Lethal Israeli Attacks on Aid Convoys; WHO: 21 Palestinian Medical Workers Killed in Gaza Attack; UN: 30 Died in Israeli Shelling of Crowded Home; Vatican Official Compares Gaza to “Concentration Camp”; Carter: Israel Broke Gaza Truce; Protests Worldwide Decry Gaza Attack; Senate Affirms Support for Attack on Gaza; Kucinich Calls for Probe on US-Supplied Weapons to Israel; Report: Obama to Hold Talks with Hamas; Brennan Appointed Obama Counterterror Adviser; Congressional Report Faults Treasury on Bailout Oversight; 25 Gitmo Prisoners Force-Fed; 105 Arrested Protesting Oakland Police Shooting of Unarmed Man

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  12. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 8 - Monday, January 12, 2009
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    2009/01/12 Headlines: Death Toll in Gaza Approaches 900; Israel Criticized for Using White Phosphorus in Gaza; Israel Admits Error in Bombing of UN School; Bush Rejected Israeli Request to Prepare for Iran Attack; Over 500,000 Lose Job in December; Official Unemployment Rate at 7.2%; Witness Against Torture Holds Fast Calling for Closing of Guantanamo; Obama: Guantanamo Will Not Be Closed in First 100 Days; Obama Suggests No Prosecution for Bush Admin Crimes; Obama Nominates Panetta and Blair; Bush Admits OKing Torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; Conyers Pushes for Nat'l Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties; Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich; Afghan Militants Attack Base in Pakistan; Son of Charles Taylor Sentenced to 97 Years for Torture; Lori Berenson Moved to New Jail Due to Complicated Pregnancy; Leonard Peltier to be Moved to New Prison; 10,000 Gallons of Slurry Spills Out at Coal Plant in Alabama; Group Campaigns to Ban Drivers from Using Cell Phones; “Waltz with Bashir” Wins Golden Globe

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  13. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 9 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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    2009/01/13 Headlines: Abbas: Israel Is Aiming to “Wipe Out” Palestinians in Gaza; Red Cross: “There Is No Place Safe in Gaza for the Civilians”; UN Human Rights Council Condemns Israel; US Abstained from UN Vote After Olmert Called Bush; Israel Accused of Testing Experimental Weapons in Gaza; Israeli Soldier Jailed for Refusing to Fight in Gaza; Free Gaza Movement to Send More Boats with Aid to Gaza; Report: Obama to Issue Order to Close Guantanamo; 42 Prisoners at Guantanamo on Hunger Strike; Obama to Sign Pentagon Plan to Send 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan; Obama Seeks Remaining $350 Billion of Financial Bailout; Judge Rules Madoff Can Stay in Penthouse Until Trial; Bush: “Not Having Weapons of Mass Destruction Was a Significant Disappointment”; Roland Burris to be Seated as New Illinois Senator; Julius Genachowski to Head FCC; Study: US Spends at Least $52 Billion/Year on Nuclear Weapons; Documents: US Officials Knew of Link Between Colombian Military & Death Squads

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  14. Democracy Now! Season 2009 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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  15. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 1 - Monday, January 04, 2010
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    2010/01/04 Headlines: 14 Nations to Face Stricter Airport Screening; Federal Judge Tosses Charges Against Blackwater Operatives; Two Blackwater Operatives & Jordanian Spy Among Dead at CIA Base; US Closes Embassy in Yemen Citing Threat; Afghan Parliament Rejects Most of Karzai's Cabinet Picks; Afghan Students Protest Killing of Civilians by US Forces; 101 Died in Pakistani Bombing at Volleyball Match; Report: The 00s Was a Lost Decade for American Workers; Food Stamps Now Only Source of Income for 6 Million Americans; 25-Year Sentence for Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori Upheld; Somali Man Charged with Attacking Danish Cartoonist; Indiana University Professor Don Belton Murdered; US Lifts 22-Year Ban on Visitors with HIV or AIDS; Effigy of Obama Found Hanging in Georgia Town; Gaza Freedom Marchers Call for Divestment Against Israel

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  16. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 2 - Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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    2010/01/05 Headlines: Jordanian Double Agent Blamed for CIA Base Bombing; General Criticizes State of US Intelligence in Afghanistan; Clinton: Situation in Yemen Threatens Global Stability; Senate and House Democrats to Forgo Committee Process to Reconcile Health Bill; Number of Bankruptcies Increases by 32 Percent; Maliki Threatens to Sue Blackwater over Killings; Germany Knew Nothing of Alleged CIA/Blackwater Murder Plot; Israel to Build New Israeli-Only Highway in West Bank; Israeli Military Officers Cancel Trip to Britain Fearing Arrest; Pentagon Resisting Obama's Plan to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal; New York Lawmakers Rally to Oppose Natural Gas Drilling; Greenpeace Activists Sentenced for Mt. Rushmore Action; Chilean Copper Miners Go On Strike; Annise Parker Becomes First Lesbian to Head Major City; President Obama Appoints Transgender Woman as Commerce Adviser

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  17. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 3 - Wednesday, January 06, 2010
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    2010/01/06 Headlines: 1M Somalis Face Starvation as WFP Suspends Food Aid; Obama: US Intel Could Have Prevented Failed Jetliner Attack; US Won't Release Cleared Yemeni Prisoners from Gitmo; Dozens Wounded as Egypt Blocks Gaza Aid Convoy; McCain Calls for Appeal of Blackwater Ruling; Bolivia to Hold Indigenous Climate Conference; Dem. Sens Dorgan, Dodd Won't Seek Re-Election; Dems Begin Closed-Door Healthcare Talks; Court Upholds Sweeping Authority to Jail Terror Suspects; 10 Arrested at Protest for Jailed Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil

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  18. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 4 - Thursday, January 07, 2010
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    2010/01/07 Headlines: 13 Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan; Al-Qaeda Group: CIA Base Bombing Was Revenge for Drone Strikes; Outgoing UN Envoy Warns of Increased Militarization in Afghanistan; Yemen: Jetliner Suspect Met Militant Cleric; Pentagon: 20% of Freed Gitmo Prisoners Engage in Militant Activity; Honduran Prosecutor Seeks Charges Against Military Leaders; Cuba Investigating Jailed US Contractor; Anti-Whaling Vessel Damaged in Collision with Whaling Ship; Aid Convoy Reaches Gaza; Connecticut AG to Run for Dodd's Seat; Fox News Correspondent: Woods Should Convert to Christianity; Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Survivor of Both Atomic Bombings, Dies at 93

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  19. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 5 - Friday, January 08, 2010
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    2010/01/08 Headlines: 2 Blackwater Operatives Charged with Murder of Afghans; Blackwater, Iraqi Victims Reach Financial Settlement; Report Faults US Intel for Security Lapses in Failed Jetliner Attack; Yemen Warns Against US Military Attack; Canadian Muslim Alleges Mistreatment at US Border; Koch: "Hundreds of Millions" of Muslims Are Terrorists; Brother: CIA Bomber "Changed" by Israeli Assault on Gaza; Afghan War Killing At Least 3 Children Per Day; Pentagon Probes Beatings, Torture of Afghan Teens at Bagram; Admin Challenges Habeas Corpus for Bagram Prisoners; UN Rapporteur: Sri Lankan Execution Tapes Authentic; Israeli Bombings Kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza; Geithner-Led New York Fed Tried to Hide AIG Payments; Scientists Call for Ban on Mountaintop Removal; EPA Unveils Tougher Smog Standards; Study: 1 in 10 Youths Report Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Facilities

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  20. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 6 - Monday, January 11, 2010
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    2010/01/11 Headlines: 85,000 Jobs Lost in December; Unemployment Rate at 10%; Wall Street Employees Grumble over Bonuses; Embedded British Journalist Killed in Afghanistan; Blackwater Vies for $1 Billion Afghan Police Contract; Video Aired of CIA Base Suicide Bomber; Four Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan; Report: US Overwhelmed by Air Force Drone Intelligence; Mitchell Issues Loan Guarantee Threat to Israel; US to Double Amount of Military Stockpiles in Israel; GOP Calls for Reid to Resign over Race Comments; ICE Officials Accused of Covering Up Immigrant Deaths in Detention; UBS Whistleblower Begins Jail Sentence; Federal Court to Hear Apartheid Reparations Case; Activists Start Fast on Anniversary of Opening of Guantanamo

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  21. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 7 - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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    2010/01/12 Headlines: Iranian Nuclear Physicist Assassinated in Tehran; Yemeni Cleric Warns Against “Foreign Occupation”; White House Considers New Tax on Large Banks; Federal Reserve Refuses to Release Details about Bailed-Out Banks; Federal Reserve Made $45 Billion in 2009; Federal Trial on Same-Sex Marriage Ban Begins in California; Pope Calls Gay Marriage an "Attack on Creation"; Six Foreign Troops Die in Afghanistan; Suicide Rate for Veterans Jumps 26 Percent; European Doctor: Big Pharma Exaggerated Threat of Swine Flu; Nigerian Leader Breaks Silence; Trial of Killer of Abortion Provider George Tiller Set to Begin; NJ Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana Bill; Fox News Hires Sarah Palin; Single-Payer Activists Call Democrats to Allow C-SPAN to Air Healthcare Negotiations; Hunger Strikers Call for Closure of Guantanamo

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  22. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 8 - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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    2010/01/13 Headlines: Thousands Feared Dead in Massive Haiti Earthquake; Witnesses: NATO Troops Kill Afghan Protesters; 2 US Troops, 4 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Attacks; 16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Afghanistan; Report: Obama to Request $33B for Wars; Obama, Dems to Meet on Healthcare Bill; Insurance Firms Funded Anti-Healthcare Reform Ad Blitz; Obama Received Over $20M from Health Industry in '08; FDIC Calls for Penalizing Risky Compensation; Regulators Accuse BoA of Hiding Merrill Losses; 1 in 8 Americans Receiving Food Stamps; Study Links Monsanto GM Corn to Organ Failure; Activists Protest Carbon Trading Summit; Google to End China Censorship; Japan Delays Decision on Moving US Base; Israel Arrests Anti-Wall Activists; Miep Gies Dies at 100

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  23. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 9 - Thursday, January 14, 2010
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    2010/01/14 Headlines: Tens of Thousands Feared Dead Amidst Haiti Devastation; Afghan Civilians Suffered Deadliest Year in 2009; Banking Execs Appear Before Financial Crisis Panel; Supreme Court Bars Airing of Prop 8 Trial; Peace Activists File Civil Suit over Military Spying; US Climate Envoy Blames ALBA for Copenhagen Failure, Backs Sidelining UN; Anti-Wall Palestinian Activists Freed from Israeli Prison; Israel Bars US Journalist From Entry; Judge Rules NY Fire Department Intentionally Discriminated Against Black Applicants

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  24. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 10 - Friday, January 15, 2010
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    2010/01/15 Headlines: Red Cross: Up to 50,000 Feared Dead in Haiti; WFP: Food Supplies Looted in Port-au-Prince; Bush to Co-Chair Haiti Relief; Cut Aid, Backed Coup Against Aristide; Aristide Seeks Return to Haiti; 16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Pakistan; 16 Killed in Afghan Bombing; Obama Proposes Bailout Tax on Wall Street; Wall Street to Pay Out Record $145B in Compensation; Record 2.8M Foreclosure Notices in 2009; Obama, Unions Agree on Taxing Insurance Plans; Study: African American Jobless Rate to Reach 25-Year High; Regulators Propose Limits on Energy Commodity Speculation

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  25. Democracy Now! Season 2010 Episode 11 - Monday, January 18, 2010
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mon, Feb 19, 1996" is the worst rated episode of "Democracy Now!". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/19/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mon, Aug 14, 2000".