{"id":2220949,"date":"2024-04-14T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T20:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:53:28","slug":"nprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR&#8217;s new CEO reprimands long-time staff member for revealing network bias in an expos\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias%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=2220949&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>NPR&#8217;s \u2063CEO\u2064 Katherine Maher criticized Senior Editor Uri Berliner for accusing NPR of political bias and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-hopes-house-will-appoint-next-speaker-soon-a-poor-message-to-our-allies\/\" title=\"McConnell urges swift appointment of next House speaker: 'Sends a negative signal to our allies'\">losing public trust<\/a> in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">op-ed<\/a>. Maher defended NPR&#8217;s\u200b mission and integrity, suggesting Berliner&#8217;s views were disrespectful and lacked diversity of thought. Maher highlighted the importance of fair questioning in \u2062journalism and rejected the idea \u2062that identity determines professional integrity or political beliefs.  <\/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>National Public Radio (NPR) CEO and president Katherine Maher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/npr-extra\/2024\/04\/12\/1244456600\/from-npr-president-and-ceo-katherine-maher-thoughts-on-our-mission-and-our-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lashed out<\/a> at senior Editor Uri Berliner over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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><\/a> he wrote for The Free Press \u2014 in which he claimed that NPR had displayed political bias on a number of occasions and, in doing so, had \u201clost America\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher, who stepped into her role at NPR just three weeks ago, claimed that Berliner\u2019s assessment \u2014 made after 25 years with the outlet \u2014 was \u201cdeeply simplistic\u201d as well as \u201cprofoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without mentioning Berliner by name \u2014 or giving any specifics with regard to his comments \u2014 Maher simply claimed that NPR was devoted to providing information to the public, and that the outlet\u2019s \u201cservice to this aspirational mission was called in question this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsking a question about whether we\u2019re living up to our mission should always be fair game: after all, journalism is nothing if not hard questions,\u201d Maher continued. \u201cQuestioning whether our people are serving our mission with integrity, based on little more than the recognition of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher went on to suggest that Berliner\u2019s assessment of bias had been based on his own objections to a diverse workplace \u2014 when, in fact, he had given a series of examples where diversity of thought had either not been present or had been actively shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply simplistic to assert that the diversity of America can be reduced to any particular set of beliefs, and faulty reasoning to infer that identity is determinative of one\u2019s thoughts or political leanings,\u201d Maher claimed. \u201cEach of our colleagues are here because they are excellent, accomplished professionals with an intense commitment to our work: we are stronger because of the work we do together, and we owe each other our utmost respect. We fulfill our mission best when we look and sound like the country we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher\u2019s objections raised eyebrows after a number of her old Twitter posts came to light, revealing her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-thiel-to-step-down-from-facebook-board-shift-to-supporting-republican-candidates\/\" title=\"Peter Thiel to Step Down from Facebook Board, Shift to Supporting Republican Candidates\">personal political leanings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NPR&#8217;s new CEO is just as insane as you&#8217;d expect her to be <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDob66lNne\">pic.twitter.com\/BDob66lNne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Hochman (@njhochman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njhochman\/status\/1779632231226503196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two years ago I made a commitment to never step on a speaker&#8217;s stage without talking about our climate crisis. It is the world we have built and our responsibility to confront. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSH8hDas5r\">https:\/\/t.co\/nSH8hDas5r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1426066179832041472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now can we end the filibuster?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1374265831249518594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we can basically agree people should wear a mask to the grocery store because it&#8217;s in the best interests of most of us, we should also be able to protect the vast majority of us who want to go to the grocery store (and other public venues) without risk of fatal gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1374264135777619968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR&#8217;s CEO Katherine Maher criticized Senior Editor Uri Berliner for his op-ed in The Free Press, accusing NPR of political bias and losing America&#8217;s trust. Maher, newly appointed, challenged Berliner&#8217;s claims in a public dispute over the network&#8217;s integrity and objectivity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2220950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2034875605.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2034875605.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220949","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}