Democracy Now : February 25 : More On Prisons, The Media And Mumia Abu Jamal

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Democracy Now : February 25 : More On Prisons, The Media And Mumia Abu Jamal
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Democracy Now : February 25 : More On Prisons, The Media And Mumia Abu Jamal / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00)-- pt.2. More on prisons, the media and Mumia Abu Jamal| Temple University pulled DN yesterday in an attempt to censor the commentary of prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal| guests Ben Bagdakian, formerly the dean of the School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and author of the book, The Media Monopoly and Mark McClain Taylor, the coordinator of Academics for Mumia Abu Jamal, a national group of over 700 academics. (16:00)-- pt.3. Eyewitness testimony| commentary on the capacity of eyewitness testimony| guest Ben Loeterman, Producer of the documentary, "What Jennifer Saw" and Jennifer Thompson, a rape victim who misidentified her attacker and Barry Scheck, the head of the Innocence Project (17:00) - Broadcast on February 25, 1997.

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