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Peabody, Murrow, IRE and Emmy winning television journalist. Retired. Working on spirituality and exercise for awhile.

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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@GReschenthaler @greschenthaler Why don’t you unequivocally answer some questions from local reporters who won’t just toss softballs your way? We’ve asked you for an on camera interview every day since January 6th. You’re ducking, Congressman.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
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In her short time in Pittsburgh, @EmilyGiangreco has already figured out how to win over Yinzers. Help win the bocce tournament at Bloomfield's super-popular #LittleItalyDays and befriend @francoharrishof in the 50th anniversary year of the #ImmaculateReception
@EmilyGiangreco
Emily Giangreco
2 years
Had so much fun playing Bocce Ball with Team Italy for Little Italy Days!! Happy to say that TEAM ITALY WON!!!! Shout out to our captain Franco Harris 🇮🇹
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@billpeduto @KDKARadio Hey @billpeduto , @WTAE will be glad to take that interview vacancy in your schedule tomorrow.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Right now, punch up for an important hour of discussion with @soledadobrien
@WTAE
WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
4 years
Tune in tonight, October 8, at 7 p.m. to watch the livestreaming “Matter of Fact Listening Tour: The Hard Truth About Bias” with @soledadobrien , the first in a series of conversations about race and justice. Watch it live on .
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@GReschenthaler Follow-up: after asking again today, Congressman @GReschenthaler , your staff has just informed us you are once again unavailable for an interview - both today AND tomorrow. We were advised to try again next week. #smh
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
2 years
This is my granddaughter CeCe, age 2. When she saw this picture of a character in the Children's book 'Curls', she exclaimed, "That CeCe!" What a beautiful moment. She sees herself here. That has not always been possible for little girls like her.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
My brother and his wife are trapped at Port au Prince airport. Can’t get out after a weeklong mission trip. Hoping ⁦ @RepTomMacArthur ⁩ and ⁦ @CoryBooker ⁩ can get rescue flights sent in through State Dept and airlines. #HaitiProtests
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
We're #1 - again! Talented employees + great teamwork = excellent results! #wtae #hearst #pittsburgh
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Had a wonderful vacation with the kids and their partners and grandkids in the low CoronaVirus climate of upstate NY. But when it was over, we left in 4 cars. One was pulled over and another followed for several miles by police. Guess which two of us were in those cars.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
Couldn’t be prouder of the @WTAE team. They deserve this Emmy!!
@EmmyMidAtlantic
Emmy MidAtlantic
3 years
The Newscast Evening – Larger Markets #EmmyMA will go to @WTAE .
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
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@ChrisDokish Modern day shock jock. They used to only be on the radio. Now they use social media. Concept is the same - they generally don’t have any actual opinions of their own. Just say whatever will stir folks up.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
They are inside the Port au Prince airport terminal - all flights have been cancelled. US Embassy telling them to shelter in place. No way out of Haiti.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
@RepTomMacArthur Two of your constituents are stranded in Port au Prince along with 30 other Americans on mission trip. Your constituents are my brother and his wife, Tom & Mary Parsons of Moorestown. Rioters have taken over the streets. Please help them get out! @FrankALuna
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
1 month
@JanePitt A shop owner on Liberty Ave was closing up her shop the other day and I asked why. “Getting out of here until Little Idiot Days are over.”
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
8 years
DirecTV is going to lose SO many customers after this Super Bowl. Including me.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
What a team we have. This Emmy is theirs, not mine.
@EmmyMidAtlantic
Emmy MidAtlantic
4 years
The #Emmy for News Excellence goes to @JimParsons and @WTAE #EmmyMA .
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
The Bernie Sanders memes haven’t caused me to lol. Not even once. Until I saw this one. Maybe it’s because I’m a Jersey kid who spent summer days at Island Beach SP, which Chris Christie famously closed to everyone but his family a few years ago. Yep. This one makes me laugh.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
Thanks so much to @CoryBooker and his right-hand man, Chris Slevin. Tom and Mary just took off on AA flight to Ft. Lauderdale. Thank you!!! #HaitiProtests #HaitiUnrest
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
My brother and his wife - Tom & Mary Parsons of Moorestown, NJ. Trapped at Port au Prince Airport by the rioting mobs. All flights canceled today. Embassy saying tomorrow not looking better. They and other Americans need help! @RepTomMacArthur @CoryBooker
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Person who attended Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day gathering tests positive for coronavirus
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Paul O'Neill has left us. I had the privilege of interviewing him in early 2008. His assessment of whether we were in a recession hasn't aged well, but his warning about our failure to deal with the threat of infectious disease has. via @YouTube
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
So very proud of my team for their work on this special airing tonight. It is the product of some honest discussions and our own internal reflections. Love this group!! @wtae @hearst
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2 years
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
35 minutes in and not one question about Trump’s income taxes.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
10 years
#SNL was genius in its first season. Richard Pryor episode is one of the best ever.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
8 years
Proud of @WTAE Chronicle: Burning Questions team, @bcaldwell_WTAE @SWigginWTAE @VanOsdol_WTAE for multiple #GoldenQuills ,incl. best of show!
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
Hearst Television President Jordan Wertlieb addressing the WTAE staff this morning. Not one person looking at their phone! A rapt audience indeed.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
Had dinner tonight at Hyde Park Steakhouse on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, where the menu lists steaks by the names of Penguins - The Crosby, The Malkin, The Lemieux. So in walks the entire Philadelphia Flyers team. My waiter declined to tell me which steaks they ordered.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
This is terrifying. To think that there are political organizations out there dedicated to planting false stories for the sole purpose of discrediting news organizations is outrageous. And it's awesome that #WashPo busted them!
@bethreinhard
Beth Reinhard
7 years
Woman with anti-"liberal media" group reached out to me -- posing as Roy Moore accuser. Instead of publishing fake story, @WashingtonPost busted her.
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Jim Parsons
10 years
Jim Parsons of Big Bang Theory told Kelly Ripa social media has lots of Jim Parsons but he's the REAL Jim Parsons. Dude, there's only one.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
2 months
@ThePoniExpress Yeah it’s time to bench him first a few games. He’s in a serious funk.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
11 years
Very cool. RT“ @TheEllenShow : If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/QWbrzhvUQs”
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette seems to be in complete turmoil. Folks I know who work in that newsroom say they have never experienced anything like this.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
RIP George Romero, you cinematic visionary.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 months
@danielgilman Dammit. Tim was one of the good guys. Whenever we talked, he never failed to ask me about my wife, who had/has lymphoma. Always fair. Always thoughtful. Always helpful. RIP Tim.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
1 month
@davidaxelrod @POTUS @AOC @GovAndyBeshear Agreed. And how many of the whining conspirators have stayed up past midnight to watch a football game? Without complaining…
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
Reporters, Facing a Hostile White House, Try a New Tactic: Solidarity via @NYTimes
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 months
@consequence @JasonIsbell Looks like @JasonIsbell was reading lyrics off a TelePrompter. Don’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to forget REM’s lyrics in front of REM and the world.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@Chopper11Pilot Can’t wait to see you in the Sky 4 Captain seat with @SamDHallJr !!
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
@astockeyWTAE
Andrew Stockey
7 years
We’re counting down to debate night on #WTAE @ConorLambPA @Saccone4PA18 for the 18th congressional district seat. @sperrineWTAE moderates. #WTAE tonight at 7
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
@eBaedottcom Here is the entire 50 minute Facebook Live post. Context.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
2 years
We don't do it for the awards. We do it because we care deeply about informing our viewers. But it's nice to be recognized by our peers, too!
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 months
Thrilled that @BMayo_WTAE and the @WTAE team are among the finalists for this National award.
@ABANews
ABA News
6 months
ABA names 2024 finalists for @ABAPublidEd Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
@KaleaGunderson
Kalea Gunderson - WTAE
3 years
NOW: “Heisman 2 Pickett,” Kenny Pickett’s number, 8, and the Heisman image is being projected onto more than 25 floors of the Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh until midnight. This is the University of Pittsburgh’s effort to honor Pickett as a Heisman candidate. @WTAE
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
Classy move by Coach. Hail Pitt!
@stephenethom
stephen thompson
3 years
Pat Narduzzi is here. He brought pizza and is taking pictures with the students still in line.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@Chopper11Pilot So you were unemployed for 2 whole weeks? Oh, to be that talented! You still going to fill in for Nick and fly Sky 4?
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
10 years
Congrats to all of the @WTAE nominees for 2014 @EmmyMidAtlantic awards. 25 NOMINATIONS IN ALL!! @SWigginWTAE @mikeclarkWTAE @astockeyWTAE
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
This has been the most important piece of reporting yet on what really happened in Charlottesville over the weekend.
@VICENews
VICE News
7 years
This is starting now on @HBO
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
9 years
So proud of our staff here at WTAE Channel 4 for winning Overall Excellence Murrow Award!
@RTDNA
RTDNA
9 years
Congratulations to our Region 11 overall excellence winners! @witfnews @wcbs880 @NewsChannel9 @WTAE #Murrows
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
9 years
This is why reporters and photogs have to wear safety vests! Close call.
@KTVU
KTVU
9 years
Close call for @AlexSavidgeKTVU @VaughanChip this am. Everyone is ok. Thanks for all your kind thoughts❤️
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Jim Parsons
3 years
@Chopper11Pilot Thanks for flying for us this weekend Ruben. Sorry NTSB grounded us.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 months
@historyrock_ I don’t disagree with The Who, but there was a more historic concert. One I attended. Cincinnati, December 3, 1979.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
A terrific piece of writing on a terrible subject.
@MagEGordon
Maggie Gordon *IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE*
6 years
I'll never again be able to hear this @thebandperry song without sobbing, and thinking of a sweet little girl gone to soon. My @HoustonChron story from Shana Fisher's funeral today: #SantaFeStrong
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
12 days
@Timodc Harris did mention it.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@ismithKDKA @KDKA Glad you’re okay Ian.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
10 years
Oh great, Jim Parsons of @BigBang_CBS wins yet another @TheEmmys award. Now, for the annual onslaught of tweets from fans who think I'm him.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
11 years
Most random tweet of the night. RT @BoyzIIMen : PNC Park is electric tonight. Who will continue on @Pirates @Reds ?
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
Well this will be a talker today.
@AP
The Associated Press
6 years
BREAKING: Serena Williams has been fined a total of $17,000 for three code violations during the U.S. Open final.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
9 years
Photo of Sweat in custody on CNN. http://t.co/nrB9lfGjfY
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@bubbaprog Outrageous.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
Yep, Doc Embrick just apologized.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
Funny, I don’t remember Charlie Morton throwing 99mph when he was with the Pirates. What the hell? #Houston #WorldSeries2017 #Bucs
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
8 years
There he is, Mr. Peabody himself, looking like Mr. Secret Agent Man at a Zappala newser. @VanOsdol_WTAE
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
BREWERS PUMMEL PIRATES?!? WHO WROTE THIS HEADLINE? #pirates #brewers #raiseit Kuhl, Rodriguez pitch 2-hitter as Brewers pummel Pirates 9-0 - via @ESPN App
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
I support the American Red Cross
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
1 year
@JasonIsbell Orange is your color! Hey @JasonIsbell can't you please make a tour stop in Pittsburgh next month before you play in Harrisburg?
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
Congrats to you and @RichKiss10 and the entire team. Great station. But sorry, we’re taking it next year!
@KeithJones
Keith Jones
3 years
So grateful for our @NBCPhiladelphia morning family! Shout out to the best show producers in the biz, including @JennaNBC , @JasonK9201 , Brendan Curry, and our leader @RichKiss10 ! Thank you for watching our team! 🙏🏼
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Memo from Pittsburgh Public Schools board member warns superintendent's contract close to automatically renewing. #pps #pittsburghpublicschools @WTAE
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
What an opportunity!
@TheCUTCH22
Andrew McCutchen
7 years
Any High School coach in the Cranberry/Wexford,PA. Area want to throw a good ole pal(me) some BP today? #SeriousQuestion
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
5 years
So proud of the work by our folks at WTAE Channel 4 and our partners at the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness. This is an hour of powerful television. @WTAE @Hearst #WeAreBroadcasters
@WTAE
WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
5 years
"All of Pittsburgh should watch this because this is about all of us." TONIGHT at 8 PM on WTAE Channel 4, watch "A Project CommUNITY Town Hall, Parkland to Pittsburgh: Stronger Together" to hear more of the conversation between survivors, activists and community members.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
12 years
Joe said it would! RT "PittsburghNews4: CHECK IT OUT! Road named after longtime WTAE meteorologist Joe DeNardo http://t.co/jChlqypJ #wtae4 "
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
Ummm, I think NBC just aired a clip with #Predators coach Peter Laviolette dropping an F-bomb in the locker room.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
PROJECT HUNGER: We're partnering with @PghFoodBank for our annual Project Hunger Day of Giving to help make sure every member of our community has enough nutritious food to eat.  See the ways to donate below! Every dollar donated equals five meals.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
Such a waste of unbelievable talent.
@AP
The Associated Press
7 years
Police: Tiger Woods charged with DUI in Florida, released on his own recognizance.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@PaulaReedWard @PittsburghPG What a career - and what a swan song piece of writing today. The courts in Pittsburgh won't ever be quite the same - and your readers will be poorer for it after today. All the best to you Paula.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
28 days
@jmcapehart @20th_Centurygal I was there. Agreed. It was horrific.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
5 years
This is just surreal.
@RyanRecker
Ryan Recker
5 years
Batman (Clint Hurdle) on his way to Milwaukee
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
I don’t understand the POTUS strategy with this.
@mrbromwich
Michael R. Bromwich
6 years
A vicious, vile and soulless attack on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Is it any wonder that she was terrified to come forward, and that other sexual assault survivors are as well? She is a remarkable profile in courage. He is a profile in cowardice.
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Jim Parsons
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
11 years
This is how Bucs fans know they're making an impact. RT @PhotogOnFire : Please, someone shut those #Pirates fans the hell up! #Reds
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
5 years
Outstanding!! #WeAreBroadcasters
@fcbiancuzzo
Frank Biancuzzo
5 years
What an honor... The @Hearst TV group is presented with an NAB Service to America Award for political coverage in DC tonight. #WeAreBroadcasters
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
2 years
@hamsixson Happy birthday Sam! So glad to have you on our team!
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
8 years
How cool is this? Congrats @VanOsdol_WTAE
@PeabodyAwards
Peabody Awards
8 years
Congratulations to @WTAE for #Chronicle Burning Questions: #WTAE Investigates Fire Response Times #Peabody75
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
7 years
This is tremendous.
@TeamJuJu
JuJu Smith-Schuster
7 years
Just trying to show love during the holiday’s, it doesn’t take much to brighten someone’s day 😁 #GoodJuJu
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
@JWertlieb The cone of shame!
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
11 years
Pirates flipped the Byrd to Brew Crew tonight. We're #1 .
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
6 years
Gareth's un-Bale-ievable goal from all angles Video - via @ESPN App
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
11 years
War is easier than daughters. - Ned Stark http://t.co/fE9j5vq37f
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
10 years
I love that the seminar on FREE SPEECH continued after the shooting rampage. http://t.co/O0w7b6ocFo
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
3 years
Because nothing is more important in establishing peace than freedom of the press.
@NobelPrize
The Nobel Prize
3 years
BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
2 years
BREAKING: Allegheny County puts radio dispatch merger on hold.
@MCipriani_WTAE
Marcie Cipriani
2 years
Breaking: MERGER ON HOLD: 11 police departments scheduled to share one 911 dispatch channel beginning TODAY have received an email from Alleg Co Emerg Svcs stating based on their concerns expressed to the media, the merger will be delayed. #WTAE
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
4 years
Inevitable.
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@JimParsons
Jim Parsons
9 years
Funny, funny lady.
@4the412
4 the 412
9 years
4 the 412 INTRODUCTION: Meet Missy Moreno ( @sikeitsmissy ) who is guaranteed to make you laugh! INTRODUCING:
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