NPR editor who alleged left-wing bias at network resigns
- Uri Berliner resigned from his position as a senior editor on NPR's business desk after a five-day suspension for violating company rules on outside work without permission.
- Berliner criticized NPR in an essay, stating the outlet is dominated by liberals and lacks an open-minded spirit.
- NPR's top editorial executive, Edith Chapin, disputed Berliner's assessment of the outlet's journalism and work approach.
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Longtime NPR editor resigns after being disciplined, saying his employer has leftwing bias
A longtime editor for a well-known American non-profit media organization resigned Wednesday after his employer disciplined him for saying the outlet has a left-wing bias. Uri Berliner resigned as the senior editor of National Public Radio (NPR) one day after his employer announced they had suspended him for five days without pay. The suspension was a response to his article in The Free Press, in which he argued that NPR is dominated by Leftist …
NPR editor takes stand after calling out left-wing bias as GOP prepares to defund the network
Uri Berliner, the journalist who blew the whistle on NPR's left-wing bias, has resigned from NPR.Last week, Berliner published an essay in the Free Press expressing concern that his employer, a corporate media outlet that receives taxpayer funding, has "lost America's trust" because it has embraced a "progressive worldview."NPR leadership denied Berliner's perspective, despite the fact that he had worked there for 25 years and witnessed firsthan…
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