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  • NPR Host Tom Ashbrook Fired, Accused of Creating ‘Abusive Work Environment'

    One year ago - By The Wrap

    Tom Ashbrook, the longtime host of the nationally syndicated NPR show “On Point,” was fired by Boston-based WBUR on Wednesday following accusations of abusive workplace behavior, the station announced.
    Ashbrook had been placed on leave in December after 11 current and former station employees filed complaints of bullying and sexual misconduct over a decade.
    Boston University, which owns the station, said its two outside investigators found that Ashbrook's conduct “created an abusive work environment,” but determined that his conduct “was not sexual in nature and did not constitute sexual...
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