{"id":2708,"date":"2007-11-24T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2007-11-24T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T14:31:10","slug":"ensure-fairness-for-mumia-abu-jamal-on-nbc%e2%80%99s-the-today-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=2708","title":{"rendered":"Ensure Fairness For Mumia Abu-Jamal on NBC\u2019s The Today Show!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemumia.com\/todayshow.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ensure Fairness For Mumia Abu-Jamal on NBC\u2019s The Today Show!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 6, NBC\u2019s The Today Show intends to air a show about Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner\u2019s new book \u201cMurdered By Mumia.\u201d According to the announcement on Michael Smerconish\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastalk.com\/mastalk\/murdered.jspx?flash=true\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, the show is planning to feature both Smerconish and Faulkner as guests. (The website also gives you a good idea of where Smerconish is coming from.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemumia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/abu-jamal-news.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalists for Mumia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emajonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Educators for Mumia<\/a>  have initiated a media-activist campaign urging people to write The Today Show at <a href=\"mailto:today@msnbc.com\" target=\"_blank\">today@msnbc.com<\/a> asking them to fairly present both sides of the Mumia Abu-Jamal \/ Daniel Faulkner case, by also featuring as guests, Linn Washington, Jr. (Philadelphia Tribune columnist and Associate Professor of Journalism at Temple University) and Dr. Suzanne Ross (Clinical Psychologist and Co-Chair of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abu-jamal-news.com\/pr\/TodayShow.doc\" target=\"_blank\">A sample letter<\/a>,  accompanied by an extensive informational <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abu-jamal-news.com\/pr\/PressPackNov07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">press pack<\/a>  has been created to use for contacting The Today Show. Please take a minute and contact the Today Show to ensure fair media coverage of this controversial and important case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/mlyon01.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/24\/ensure-fairness-for-mumia-abu-jamal-on-nbcs-the-today-show\/\">Read More<\/a>] <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensure Fairness For Mumia Abu-Jamal on NBC\u2019s The Today Show! On Dec. 6, NBC\u2019s The Today Show intends to air a show about Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner\u2019s new book \u201cMurdered By Mumia.\u201d According to the announcement on Michael Smerconish\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=2708\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-HG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}