{"id":2222253,"date":"2024-04-16T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-suspends-editor-who-wrote-essay-critiquing-outlets-viewpoint-bias\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:14:20","slug":"npr-suspends-editor-who-wrote-essay-critiquing-outlets-viewpoint-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-suspends-editor-who-wrote-essay-critiquing-outlets-viewpoint-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR editor suspended for critiquing bias in outlet&#8217;s viewpoints"},"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-wrote-essay-critiquing-outlets-viewpoint-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=2222253&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 senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">editor<\/a> \u200dUri Berliner is\u200b suspended without pay for five days for an \u200bessay claiming NPR has &#8220;lost America&#8217;s trust.&#8221; Reporter David Folkenflik first reported the news and interviewed Berliner, who criticized CEO \u2063Katherine\u2064 Maher for lacking a \u200cunifying leadership approach. Maher&#8217;s past \u2062online posts, including targeting ex-President Trump, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">faced criticism<\/a>. NPR suspends senior editor\u200b Uri Berliner for claiming the company lost\u2063 trust. Reporter David Folkenflik broke the\u2062 news\u200b and interviewed Berliner, who criticized\u2064 CEO Katherine Maher&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-defends-vote-against-mccarthy-over-broken-promises\/\" title=\"Nancy Mace stands by vote against McCarthy due to unfulfilled pledges.\">divisive leadership<\/a>.\u200b Maher&#8217;s past online posts, targeting ex-President Trump, draw criticism.  <\/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<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/npr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NPR<\/a> senior editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2959090\/npr-fail-editor-concedes-its-only-for-liberals-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Uri Berliner<\/a> has been suspended without pay for five days by the company after he published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>essay<\/a> that claimed the company has \u201clost America\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NPR reporter David Folkenflik first reported the news in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/16\/1244962042\/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>article<\/a> for the outlet and interviewed Berliner on his grievances, including those against its CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2959090\/npr-fail-editor-concedes-its-only-for-liberals-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Katherine Maher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a leader right now who\u2019s going to be unifying and bring more people into the tent and have a broader perspective on, sort of, what America is all about,\u201d Berliner said of NPR\u2019s decision to hire Maher, who had never worked for a news organization before. \u201cAnd this seems to be the opposite of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher has been criticized for numerous past posts online, including one in particular when she targeted then-President Donald Trump as a \u201cderanged racist sociopath.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is that deranged racist sociopath ranting about today? I truly do not understand.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1260960520586145797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Maher pushed back on Berliner\u2019s statements about NPR being biased in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn America everyone is entitled to free speech as a private citizen,\u201d she said. \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. NPR is independent, beholden to no party, and without commercial interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As NPR suspended Berliner, the company told the editor he \u201cfailed to secure its approval to work for other news outlets, as is required of NPR journalists.\u201d NPR officials said Berliner would be fired if he violated the company\u2019s policy again.<\/p>\n<p>Folkenflik\u2019s reporting on his own outlet and publishing the piece on NPR\u2019s website is uncommon but not unheard of. He wrote that Berliner has edited his stories in the past but, outside of being interviewed, did not contribute any work to the piece about his suspension.<\/p>\n<p>While Berliner was suspended for not seeking permission before writing the essay for the <em>Free Press<\/em>, he told Folkenflik he also didn\u2019t ask permission before speaking with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking to an NPR journalist and being fired for that would be extraordinary, I think,\u201d Berliner said.<\/p>\n<p>Berliner\u2019s essay, which claimed that NPR panders \u201cto the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population,\u201d has angered many of his colleagues, and Folkenflik reported that some are no longer willing to work with him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-likely-to-force-companies-to-report-pay-by-race-and-gender\/\" title=\"Feds Likely to Force Companies To Report Pay By Race and Gender\">citing privacy concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite Berliner\u2019s and others\u2019 concerns, he said he still admires NPR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love NPR and feel it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-military-hackers-company-sold-for-1-billion-the-same-day-doj-let-him-walk-with-335k-fine\/\" title=\"Ex-Military Hacker\u2019s Company Sold For  Billion The Same Day DOJ Let Him Walk With 5k Fine\">national trust<\/a>,\u201d Berliner said. \u201cWe have great journalists here. If they shed their opinions and did the great journalism they\u2019re capable of, this would be a much more interesting and fulfilling organization for our listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR suspends Uri Berliner, senior editor, for five days without pay after publishing an essay criticizing the company for losing America&#8217;s trust. 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