RADIO INTERVIEW: Linn Washington, Jr. on Mumia, MOVE, and the Philly Media

Washington concludes: “Where’s the journalistic fairness, balance, and accuracy?  These are the three things that are supposed to be fundamental to journalism.  Are they happening in this case?  No, they are not.”

 

Linn Washington, Jr. is currently a columnist for the Philadelphia Tribune newspaper and a freelance journalist for publications nationwide. He writes extensively on matters involving the criminal justice system and racism. An Associate Professor in the Journalism Department at Temple University in Philadelphia, he holds a Master Degree from the Yale Law School and a B.S. in Communications from Temple University.

 

This interview was conducted on May 8, 2007.   While the full text transcript of the interview is available below, here is the audio, available in three featured short selections and in a five-part version of the complete one hour interview.

 

THREE SHORT SELECTIONS:

 

Mumia, Racism, and the FOP:

http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/audio/linnwash/MumiaFOP.mp3

 

May 13, 1985 and American Justice:

http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/audio/linnwash/13May1985.mp3

 

Reporting on MOVE:

http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/audio/linnwash/coveringMOVE.mp3

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