{"id":4716,"date":"2018-04-10T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/Life-Insurance-Blog\/?guid=026e0e8ea44085a20abcc83e89046c6a"},"modified":"2018-04-10T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T20:34:59","slug":"radio-host-fired-over-abuse-claims-sorry-seeks-2nd-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2018\/04\/10\/radio-host-fired-over-abuse-claims-sorry-seeks-2nd-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio host fired over abuse claims sorry, seeks 2nd chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON &#8212; A former host of one of National Public Radio&#8217;s most successful programs who was fired over allegations of workplace abuse is apologizing and asking for a second chance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Point&#8221; host Tom Ashbrook was dismissed by Boston radio station WBUR in February after investigators found he created an &#8220;abusive work environment.&#8221; The station says Ashbrook was cleared of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Ashbrook says in a piece published Tuesday by The Boston Globe he initially was defensive when told he had to go. He says he&#8217;s come to realize his behaviour was &#8220;offensive and overbearing to some.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ashbrook says he&#8217;s sorry for his actions and has learned from his mistakes. He asks whether there is &#8220;room for redemption and rebirth,&#8221; saying he wants to &#8220;make Boston proud again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON &mdash; A former host of one of National Public Radio&rsquo;s most successful programs who was fired over allegations of workplace abuse is apologizing and asking for a second chance. &ldquo;On Point&rdquo; host Tom Ashbrook was dismissed by Boston radio station WBUR in February after investigators found he created an &ldquo;abusive work environment.&rdquo; The station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4718,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4716\/revisions\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}