Jon Abbott
@abbottjonathanc
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President Emeritus, @GBH Champion of public media and creating equitable access to reliable, factual and educational information for all.
Boston, MA, USA
Joined February 2010
This is Gene Seroka. He runs the Port of Los Angeles. Listen to Gene. The supply shock is coming.
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Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.
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3/3 A week later, JFK saw my dad at a reception and beckoned him to come over. He said, "Thank you." Dad told the story here: https://t.co/owdjFgWkYA
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On Nov. 22, in a White House ceremony, I was one of 21 Americans, two posthumously, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. It is our nation’s highest civilian award. I...
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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed
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Two minutes of chatter on Pat McAfee's ESPN show – spurred by an online rumor about an Ole Miss student's sex life – did long-lasting damage to an 18-year-old's life, and now she is exploring legal action...
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Excited and honored to pitch in again. Documentaries and #makers are essential to civic life and discourse. So is #publicmedia. Support public media, the last locally owned operated and governed media serving every community in our great nation! #pov #protectmypublicmedia
American Documentary is thrilled to welcome back Jon Abbott, a nationally recognized public media leader and former President and Chief Executive Officer of @GBH, to our Board of Directors! 🎉 Welcome, Jon! 👏 https://t.co/ZVIYil2IOu
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https://t.co/dLG2Mo9GZa So looking forward to having this film, and Joyce Tenneson’s story shared ! @worldchannel public television. 🎉
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Steve Kerr on the election Kerr: “I believe in democracy. I think the American people have spoken and voted for Trump. I want him to do well the next four years. I want our country to do well.” Kerr (sarcastically): “I'm just thankful there wasn't any voting fraud this time.
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I was prepared to note this is unbelievable coming from a candidate for President. But, tragically, that’s not so.
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala
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The AP reported that hours after the Post announced its endorsement decision, Trump greeted executives from Blue Origin, the space company owned by Bezos that has a $3.4bn contract with Nasa to build a spacecraft to carry astronauts to the moon and back.
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein say decision ignores ‘threat Donald Trump poses to democracy’
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A thread of how things have changed over time 1. 74-year difference near Svalbard, Norway, from 1928 to 2004
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4. In 1994, photojournalist Sebastião Salgado returned to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, only to find the lush forests of his childhood reduced to barren land. His wife, Lélia, proposed replanting the forest, and over the next 20 years, they planted 2.7 million trees. This
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Found this absolute gem with @benstiller and Bob Newhart presenting at the Emmy's in 2019. Two brilliant men doing what they do best. 😂😂
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Been coaching my son’s basketball teams for the past six years. Something new happened today. It wasn’t awesome.
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Is @AmericanAir the WORST? Flight abroad scheduled at 9:30a keeps getting later. Now 2pm. “Mechanical”! Got up at 5:30a to be here. @AAirlinesSucks
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