Framing an execution : ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal / Media Education Foundation ; director, Sut Jhally ; producers, Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner.

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In the 1990's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African American journalist on death row, became a symbol of the inequities in the United States judicial system. This film examines how ABC reporter Sam Donaldson's framing of Abu-Jamal's case stands up to the available facts and how it measures up to basic journa...

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Corporate Author:	Media Education Foundation
Other Authors:	Jhally, Sut Gardner, Tom Glover, Danny
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional English subtitles.
Published:	Northhampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:	Abu-Jamal, Mumia > Trials, litigation, etc. Donaldson, Sam, > 1934- Journalism. ABC News. Death row inmates > Press coverage > United States. Trials (Murder) > Press coverage > United States. Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States. Journalism > Objectivity > United States. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Trials, litigation, etc. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (49 min., 56 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal. ABC News and the case of Mumia Abu Jamal. Media & Mumia Abu Jamal. Media and Mumia Abu Jamal.
Format:	Video DVD

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