{"id":2222173,"date":"2024-04-16T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-suspends-editor-who-accused-network-of-bias-issues-final-warning\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:41:29","slug":"npr-suspends-editor-who-accused-network-of-bias-issues-final-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-suspends-editor-who-accused-network-of-bias-issues-final-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR suspends editor over bias accusations, issues &#8216;final warning."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnpr-suspends-editor-who-accused-network-of-bias-issues-final-warning%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=2222173&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>National Public Radio (NPR) suspends Senior Business Editor Uri Berliner for alleging left-wing bias in an essay, leading to a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-gay-former-bachelor-star-colton-underwood-comes-out-on-good-morning-america\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Gay\u2019: Former \u2018Bachelor\u2019 Star Colton Underwood Comes Out On \u2018Good Morning America\u2019\">media storm<\/a>. Berliner faces unpaid suspension and a final warning for not\u2064 following network rules. The essay criticized NPR&#8217;s editorial direction, touching on trust issues, coverage of diverse topics, and internal communication challenges. Public reactions included\u2062 calls for defunding \u2062NPR.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/national-public-radio-npr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Public Radio (NPR)<\/a> has suspended Senior Business Editor Uri Berliner after he publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> the network of espousing left-wing bias with an essay that\u00a0began a media firestorm.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Berliner received a letter that informed him of a five<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-expected-to-adapt-10-day-suspension-for-players-caught-using-foreign-substances\/\" title=\"MLB Expected To Adapt 10-Day Suspension For Players Caught Using Foreign Substances\">-day suspension<\/a> without pay beginning Friday, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/16\/1244962042\/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by NPR\u2019s media correspondent David Folkenflik.<\/p>\n<p>NPR told Berliner he failed to follow the network\u2019s rules and get approval for outside work for other news outlets after his <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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">essay<\/a> for The Free Press and follow-up interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner was also accused of publicly releasing proprietary information about audience demographics that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/npr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> considered confidential, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, which was called a \u201cfinal warning,\u201d said Berliner would be fired for another policy violation.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner, a dues-paying member of NPR\u2019s newsroom union, told Folkenflik that he would not appeal the punishment.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed the figures discussed in his essay \u201cwere essentially marketing material. If they had been really good, they probably would have distributed them and sent them out to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berliner conceded that he did not get permission to speak with Folkenflik, but said he thought it would be \u201cextraordinary\u201d if he were fired for speaking to an NPR journalist.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Press <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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> the essay on Tuesday last week in which Berliner argued NPR \u201clost America\u2019s trust\u201d with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-cutting-npr-funds-after-editor-accuses-network-of-bias\/\" title=\"Trump demands NPR funding cut over bias accusation\">increasingly liberal bent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His critique touched on topics related to former President Donald Trump, NPR\u2019s COVID coverage, reporting on transgender issues, audience figures, the network\u2019s own level of diversity, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner additionally wrote about how he tried to make some of his concerns known internally. He said no one ever \u201ctrashed\u201d him, but he was repeatedly brushed off and nothing changed.<\/p>\n<p>In the public backlash that followed the essay, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-calls-for-cutting-npr-funds-after-editor-accuses-network-of-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded<\/a> that NPR\u2019s funding be cut. Despite his critique, Berliner said \u201cdefunding\u201d was not the way to address the \u201cmissteps\u201d he outlined.<\/p>\n<p>NPR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-corporations-consider-blocking-monetary-support-to-gop\/\" title=\"U.S. corporations consider blocking monetary support to GOP\">chief executive<\/a> of less than a month, Katherine Maher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lashed out<\/a> at the \u201cdeeply simplistic\u201d and \u201cprofoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning\u201d essay without mentioning Berliner\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>After Berliner\u2019s essay was published, old tweets from Maher resurfaced that displayed her personal views in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/15\/business\/media\/npr-chief-executive-criticized-over-tweets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberal causes,<\/a> fueling more criticism, particularly from the Right.<\/p>\n<p>Maher called Trump a \u201cracist\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9Egnx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 post<\/a> that has since been deleted and shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1323094291732815872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo<\/a> of herself wearing a hat touting President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign in November of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner said the posts indicate Maher is the \u201copposite\u201d of the kind of leader NPR needs to be \u201cunifying and bring more people into the tent and have a broader perspective on, sort of, what America is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher released a statement that said \u201ceveryone is entitled to free speech as a private citizen\u201d in America.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat matters is NPR\u2019s work and my commitment as its CEO: public service, editorial independence, and the mission to serve all of the American public,\u201d she added. \u201cNPR is independent, beholden to no party, and without commercial interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that NPR emphasized that \u201cthe CEO is not involved in editorial decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Folkenflik wrote that some in the newsroom acknowledge Berliner\u2019s critique as valid, while others say they are no longer willing to work with him.<\/p>\n<p>The report said NPR\u2019s chief news executive, Edith Chapin, announced late Monday that Executive Editor Eva Rodriguez would lead monthly coverage review meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner reportedly said he welcomed the announcement but would reserve judgment until those meetings happen.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR suspends Senior Editor Uri Berliner for alleging left-wing bias in a controversial essay. Berliner faces a five-day unpaid suspension starting Friday following a media uproar. The action came after he publicly criticized NPR&#8217;s alleged bias. Correspondent David Folkenflik reported this recent development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2222174,"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-1251886751-scaled-e1713275945374.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222173","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-1251886751-scaled-e1713275945374.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222173","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}