{"id":2216916,"date":"2024-04-09T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T20:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:15:59","slug":"we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Veteran Voices Concern Over Network&#8217;s Trust Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an op-ed, a 25-year \u200bNPR veteran criticizes the network&#8217;s approach, citing issues\u200c like coverage of transgender topics and lack of viewpoint \u200cdiversity. He emphasizes the need for NPR to reflect on\u200c its direction and standards. The veteran highlights concerns \u200cabout biased reporting on race,\u200d climate, and political \u200dpolicies, suggesting a shift in narrative framing is necessary for the network. In his \u2064op-ed, a seasoned NPR veteran\u200d critiques the network&#8217;s strategy, pointing\u200b out problems \u2063such as \u2063coverage of transgender issues and \u2063a deficiency in diverse perspectives. He stresses\u200c the importance of\u2062 NPR reassessing its course and principles. The veteran draws attention to biases \u200din reporting on race, climate, and politics, \u200dproposing a reevaluation of how stories are framed within the network.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 25-year NPR veteran wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grace-church-teacher-relieved-following-scathing-op-ed-on-schools-anti-racism-training\/\" title=\"Grace Church Teacher \u2018Relieved\u2019 Following Scathing Op-Ed On School\u2019s \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training\">scathing op-ed<\/a> saying that his network had \u201clost its way,\u201d pointing to various examples, including coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender issues<\/a> and the refusal to use terms like \u201cbiological sex.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_campaign=post&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;fbclid=IwAR2BI7aGsLrw5JzADcxw-Ddx9IFpaQzQxVieieHiYiYvBozjQ3W_q8XSMoY_aem_Afb8djuPsGMotINI-8VtH0_ouA2n_5T1rMS3kvz8x_-AGiNOlKuozOh6WEdCnd1xeok&#038;triedRedirect=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Free Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  article titled, \u201cI\u2019ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here\u2019s How We Lost America\u2019s Trust,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR Senior Business Editor Uri Berliner wrote that \u201can open-minded, curious culture prevailed,\u201d previously \u2014 but said that had all changed and now \u201cwe don\u2019t have an audience that reflects America.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The biggest problem he has seen at NPR is the lack of \u201cviewpoint diversity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cIt\u2019s frictionless \u2014 one story after another about instances of supposed racism, transphobia, signs of the climate apocalypse, Israel doing something bad, and the dire threat of Republican policies,\u201d Berliner said, adding that all appeared to be covered and framed in the same fashion. After George Floyd\u2019s death, he said the message came down from the top of the network, \u201cAmerica\u2019s infestation with systemic racism was declared loud and clear: it was a given.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn a document called NPR Transgender Coverage Guidance\u2014disseminated by news management\u2014we\u2019re asked to avoid the term biological sex. (The editorial guidance was prepared with the help of a former staffer of the National Center for Transgender Equality.),\u201d Berliner wrote. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe could face up to where we\u2019ve gone wrong. News organizations don\u2019t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there\u2019s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we\u2019re the ones with the word \u2018public\u2019 in our name.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UriBerliner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@uriberliner<\/a>\u2018s hope for a U.S. media institution. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EclQJO838a\">https:\/\/t.co\/EclQJO838a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvFfSoL3xx\">pic.twitter.com\/CvFfSoL3xx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Free Press (@TheFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFP\/status\/1777690428608753997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe mindset animates bizarre stories\u2014on how <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/21\/1066022789\/beatles-get-back-band-guys\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Beatles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/05\/1002944505\/monuments-and-teams-have-changed-names-as-america-reckons-with-racism-birds-are-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bird names<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  are racially problematic, and others that are alarmingly divisive; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/codeswitch\/2020\/08\/27\/906642178\/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">justifying looting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with claims that fears about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/11\/08\/1134550280\/stories-about-crime-are-rife-with-misinformation-and-racism-critics-say\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">crime are racist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; and suggesting that Asian Americans who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legitimacy-restored-supreme-court-ends-affirmative-action-outcome-backed-by-vast-majority-of-americans\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action, Supported by Majority of Americans\">oppose affirmative action<\/a> have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/02\/1183981097\/affirmative-action-asian-americans-poc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">manipulated by<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  white conservatives,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMore recently, we have approached the Israel-Hamas war and its spillover onto streets and campuses through the \u2018intersectional\u2019 lens that has jumped from the faculty lounge to newsrooms,\u201d the NPR veteran continued. \u201cThat\u2019s meant highlighting the suffering of Palestinians at almost every turn while downplaying the atrocities of October 7, overlooking how Hamas intentionally puts Palestinian civilians in peril, and giving little weight to the explosion of antisemitic hate around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He pointed to NPR\u2019s wall-to-wall coverage coverage during former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/why-im-giving-money-to-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019<\/a>s presidency of the now-debunked Russiagate. The editor said that the network\u2019s response when the story fell apart was to pretend it never happened and to offer no \u201cmea culpas, no self-reflection\u201d even though they perpetuate the culture that \u201cshatters trust and engenders cynicism about the media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Berliner wrote that NPR also \u201cturned a blind eye\u201d during the 2020 election to President Joe Biden\u2019s son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-called-father-from-lavish-russian-party-asked-for-help-getting-deal-over-the-finish-line-ex-associate-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden\u2019<\/a>s laptop, which he argued was newsworthy. \u201cIts contents revealed his connection to the corrupt world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elder-media-collusion-of-hunter-biden-joe-biden-bombshell-story\/\" title=\"Larry Elder: Media Collusion of Hunter Biden\/Joe Biden Bombshell Story\">multimillion-dollar influence peddling<\/a> and its possible implications for his father.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also looked critically at the network\u2019s coverage of COVID-19 and said that its utter failure to consider anything other than the prevailing narrative \u2014 that the virus had to have come from nature \u2014 and its choice to completely ignore the \u201clab leak theory\u201d was just another example of how the network had \u201clost its way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an incisive op-ed, a 25-year NPR veteran laments his network&#8217;s deviation, citing instances like coverage of transgender topics and avoiding terms like &#8220;biological sex.&#8221; The article titled &#8220;I&#8217;ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here&#8217;s How We Lost America&#8217;s Trust&#8221; in The Free Press encapsulates his concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2216917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-180967640.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-180967640.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}