Mumia Abu-Jamal - Media is the Mirage

A long awaited update, or new video.
This is one of my favorite commentaries of him.
I personally typed it off his book "All Things Censored" it was written in the early 90's so maybe you won't know the allusions he makes.

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American mass media is a marvel of technology. It is whiz-bang, sparkle, glitter, and satellite wizardry. It is a master plan of methods to communicate, and a paupers worth of substance. With such technology, how are people so woefully misinformed? The average American neither knows nor cares about the vast world beyond the nations border. The average American student knows little math, no history, and very little geography, and nor does he or she want to know. Americans have computers in school, dozens of TV stations, and the most aggressive news media on earth. Does that mean theyre better informed?
Hardly.
On November 2, 1995, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly—117 to 3—to condemn the United States for its continuing blockade of Cuba.* The international community called the United States blockade a flagrant act of aggression and a blatant violation of international law. That the UN vote was reported at all in American media is amazing, for such news is more often than not passed over entirely by the American press; but where was information about the blockade itself, the effects suffered by the Cuban people, in-depth comments form the United Nations delegates and leaders around the world? For a more substantive report, on had to listen to the BBC World News Service, for the rest of the world takes note of events the U.S. prefers to ignore.
American media is a business, and it has a mission; not to inform Americans, but to entertain them. Every media enterprise in America reports the drivel that Marcia Clarke and Chris Darden are secret love birds, but the vote of a global assembly condemning the U.S. actions received only scant coverage at best.
Why?
The media is a source of titillation more than information. The mission of the media is to please, to comfort, and primarily to sell. When TV was developed, it was promised that every American would learn about the world in his living room. When computers were developed, wasnt it said that they would be invaluable learning tools and that children would learn more, faster? Nation scholastic tests show otherwise, as kids master computers as toys, and learn splendid hand to eye coordination, but little else.
The media paints false pictures of the nation and the world, pictures designed to serve corporate masters and to make America look good. This feel-good media approach serves the American delusion of white supremacy but it does not inform. When the New York Times echoes Star magazine, what can the world media mean?
How could millions people be surprised at Minister Farrakhans enormous influence among blacks unless the media wasnt doing its job? How could they look at a million and count less than half that number?
The major media, like its racist projections, is to be rejected, not consumed. For your very patronage gives it life.
From death row, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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[Nederlandac]

Free Mumia Abu Jamal.

[redpillplease]

FREE MUMIA ABU JAMAL!

[Soldat251]

@oOLycorishOo

All witnesses say they saw a man shoot faulker in the back at close range, they then saw Faulker turn and shoot this man in the chest. This wounded man now stood over the fallen Faulker and fired 4 more times into him,

Faulker fired once, that bulltet was recovered from Mumia's chest. Mumia's .38 was carrying 5 empty casings, and 5 .38 caliber bullets were revoced from Faulker.

Do the math moron.

[oOLycorishOo]

@OPL21stJS Mumia was driving a cab that night. It is undisputed that he intervened. It is undisputed that both he and officer Daniel Faulkner were shot, and that Faulkner died. What is in dispute is who killed Faulkner. Mumia says it was someone else, and several witnesses saw another shooter flee the scene. Mumia's legally registered .38 was never decisively linked to Faulkner's wounds.

[dejavu1328]

@OPL21stJS america duznt like ppl smarter and more charismatic than them....

[OPL21stJS]

And he is in Death Row because .......?????

[getyoasshome]

a poll was released to see what americans look at on the internet and #1 was porn...enuff said.

[afcweswarrior]

@mirrorcard Yea I agree as well. Because most kids don't use the internet for information, they use it to play games, and look at their facebook page.

[Checo384775]

just like the Roman empire with there Colosseums they were not informed about there wars, calling there enemies Barberians less educated,savages. I see a lot of similarities with the American empire but instead of colosseums we have TV instead of calling are enemies barberians we call them terrorists, we are exposed to so much propaganda every day.Americans called Nelson Mandela a terrorists, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro this people fought for the people.

[stuarttheone]

Wow thats something i learned from mumia he's a well open minded person ashamed that he got a false trial and sentence to death row. Whats wrong with that the good guys always get killed and let the evil run away from it.