04/18/2024

Turmoil at NPR after Editor Rips Network for Political Bias

Conservative activists are targeting the network

Uri Berliner had worked at NPR for a quarter-century when he wrote the essay that would abruptly end his tenure. On April 9, The Free Press published 3,500 words from Berliner, a senior business editor, about how the public radio network is guilty of journalistic malpractice — for conforming to a politically liberal worldview at the expense of fairness and accuracy.

"It's true NPR has always had a liberal bent, but during most of my tenure here, an open-minded, curious culture prevailed," Berliner wrote. "We were nerdy, but not knee-jerk, activist or scolding. In recent years, however, that has changed."

The essay, whose arguments were disputed by NPR management and many staffers, plunged the network into a week-long public controversy.

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