NPR is punishing senior editor Uri Berliner for exposing the outlet’s left-wing bias.
Last week, Berliner sent shockwaves through the media with an essay in the Free Press highlighting what he believes is NPR’s liberal transformation. According to Berliner, NPR has “lost America’s trust” because NPR has embraced a “progressive worldview.”
The essay was especially powerful because Berliner has worked at NPR for 25 years, and thus he has witnessed first-hand the outlet’s leftward drift.
As evidence to back his perspective, Berliner pointed to NPR’s coverage of the alleged Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy, its handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story, its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, NPR’s internal focus on race and identity, and the lack of viewpoint diversity among NPR’s staff.
NPR executives initially pushed back on
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