{"id":2224560,"date":"2024-04-18T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-npr-employees-write-letter-proving-uri-berliner-was-right-about-everything\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:00:22","slug":"dozens-of-npr-employees-write-letter-proving-uri-berliner-was-right-about-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-npr-employees-write-letter-proving-uri-berliner-was-right-about-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Numerous NPR Staff Support Uri Berliner&#8217;s Assertions in Recent Letter"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdozens-of-npr-employees-write-letter-proving-uri-berliner-was-right-about-everything%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=2224560&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>Dozens of \u2062NPR employees\u200c supported former senior business editor Uri \u200cBerliner&#8217;s\u2063 view on\u2062 the network&#8217;s liberal bias in a\u2062 letter. Ben\u200d Mullin shared screenshots\u200d of the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">letter calling<\/a> for \u200baction from CEO Katherine Maher\u2064 and Editor in \u2064Chief\u200c Edith Chapin. The letter addressed concerns about factual inaccuracies \u2062in \u200cBerliner&#8217;s essay, sparking internal debate at NPR. Numerous NPR staff members backed ex-senior business editor\u200d Uri \u2063Berliner&#8217;s \u2063stance on \u200dthe network&#8217;s liberal bias in a\u2064 letter. Ben Mullin shared screenshots of the letter, urging CEO Katherine Maher and Editor\u200d in Chief\u200c Edith Chapin \u2062to \u200daddress the concerns \u200craised regarding factual\u200b inaccuracies in Berliner&#8217;s essay.\u200c The letter triggered \u2064internal discussions \u200cat\u2062 NPR.  <\/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>Dozens of National Public Radio (NPR) employees signed on to a letter suggesting that their now-former senior business editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uri Berliner<\/a> was spot on in his assessment of the liberal bias that has taken over the network.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin shared screenshots of the letter, addressed to CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nprs-new-ceo-scolds-25-year-veteran-for-expose-outing-networks-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katherine Maher<\/a> and Editor in Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/npr-chief-hits-back-at-whistleblower-who-says-colleagues-secretly-agree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edith Chapin<\/a>, which claimed that Berliner\u2019s essay in The Free Press had left many of them feeling as though they\u2019d been personally attacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 50 NPR employees sign a letter to CEO Katherine Maher and top editor Edith Chapin calling for, among other things, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-caught-teaching-terrorism-jew-hatred-as-biden-admin-resumes-taxpayer-funding\/\" title=\"UNRWA Caught Teaching Terrorism, Jew Hatred as Biden Admin Resumes Taxpayer Funding\">public rebuke<\/a> of the \u2018factual inaccuracies and elisions\u2019 in Uri Berliner\u2019s Free Press essay,\u201d Mullin\u2019s caption read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">new: About 50 NPR employees sign a letter to CEO Katherine Maher and top editor Edith Chapin calling for, among other things, a public rebuke of the \u201cfactual inaccuracies and elisions\u201d in Uri  Berliner\u2019s Free Press essay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jXc1R4J0G3\">pic.twitter.com\/jXc1R4J0G3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMullin\/status\/1780635242170028359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re writing to urge stronger support for staff who have had their journalistic expertise called into question by one of their own in a public forum,\u201d the letter read. \u201cWe also urge more transparency regarding the consequences of making unauthorized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-first-public-comments-since-leaving-white-house-plays-coy-about-future-plans\/\" title=\"Trump Makes First Public Comments Since Leaving White House \u2013 Plays Coy About Future Plans\">public comments<\/a> that seek to change NPR\u2019s editorial direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter went on to say that while both Chapin and Maher had shared their objections to Berliner\u2019s claims \u2014 namely that the outlet been wholly disinterested in presenting stories that might hurt President Joe Biden or help former President Donald Trump \u2014 the employees were concerned that their efforts to spur policy changes through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives were being undermined by Berliner\u2019s public comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff, many from marginalized backgrounds, have pushed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-brewing-crisis-biden-faces-worsening-dilemma-over-warehousing-kids-at-the-southern-border-report-says\/\" title=\"\u2018A Brewing Crisis\u2019: Biden Faces \u2018Worsening Dilemma\u2019 Over \u2018Warehousing Kids\u2019 At The Southern Border, Report Says\">internal policy<\/a> changes through mechanisms like the DEI accountability committee, sharing of affinity group guidelines, and an ad-hoc content review group,\u201d they wrote, complaining that Berliner was getting more attention and apparent change from a short essay than they had after years of work.<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Their concern on that point, they said, was that others within the network might get the idea that a pointed editorial was more effective at forcing change than going through proper channels.<\/p>\n<p>They also complained that Berliner\u2019s essay had \u201cmade their jobs harder\u201d and called on Maher and Chapin to clearly \u201coffer public support and defense of those individuals whose work was directly undermined by the opinion piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous NPR employees backed former senior business editor Uri Berliner&#8217;s stance on the network&#8217;s liberal bias. The letter, signed by dozens, was shared by NYT&#8217;s Ben Mullin. 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