Jon Abbott

President Emeritus, @GBH Champion of public media and creating equitable access to reliable, factual and educational information for all.

[Dean Withers @itsdeaann]

I’m tired of just sitting on this info. 6 months ago CBS flew me out to DC for an in person debate over the Trump Administration, they paid for everything ranging from my travel expenses to a 4 person camera crew. The conversation was moderated by Maurice DuBois.

As you could imagine, this debate didn’t go well for my MAGA opponent, and I was very effective at demonstrating the failures and wrongdoings of Trump & his administration, including things the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know.

Coincidentally, it was filmed RIGHT before Bari Weiss took over. And in my opinion, it seems she canned the whole production to censor the truth.

I have reached out to my contact at CBS multiple times over the course of the last 6 months to see what happened to the production, and haven’t gotten a response.

@CBS, what’s going on???

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

Man won the Delaware marathon after sprinting to the finish as his opponent was celebrating, thinking he won

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Holy shit.

[Jon Abbott @abbottjonathanc]

No kidding!

https://t.co/yxomCcVfXr via @NYTimes

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

I hate that any of this needed to be said.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

This is Gene Seroka.

He runs the Port of Los Angeles.

Listen to Gene.

The supply shock is coming.

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

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.

[Nell Minow (she/her) @nminow]

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 @FCC

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This is absolutely insane. WTAF.

[Acyn @Acyn]

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 into government buildings. We will punish you economically for dissenting from the Affordable Care Act or the Iran deal. We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.

It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me, or a whole bunch of my predecessors.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

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...

[Jon Abbott @abbottjonathanc]

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

[POV on PBS @POVdocs]

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

[Jon Abbott @abbottjonathanc]

https://t.co/dLG2Mo9GZa

So looking forward to having this film, and Joyce Tenneson’s story shared ! @worldchannel public television. 🎉

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

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. Last time, all those illegal immigrants who crashed the border, raped and murdered people and then voted six times, that was unfortunate. But thankfully this time everything was clean. It's great that every election has been really valid except for that last one four years ago. Twinkle in my eye as I say that, in case you didn't see it.”

Listen to his full answer below 👇🏼

🎥: @NoaDalzell

[Jon Abbott @abbottjonathanc]

I was prepared to note this is unbelievable coming from a candidate for President. But, tragically, that’s not so.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

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

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Two headlines, same event.

[Catherine Belton @CatherineBelton]

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. https://t.co/EOGqNw45JK

[Jon Abbott @abbottjonathanc]

@PostBaron @realDonaldTrump @JeffBezos I’m curious if the WaPo will use the same rationale, that readers can make up their own minds, to eliminate editorials entirely.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

A thread of how things have changed over time

1. 74-year difference near Svalbard, Norway, from 1928 to 2004

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

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 effort restored 1,500 acres of rainforest, reviving 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some near extinction.