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The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 23
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Political Activist
Politician
Radio Personality
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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