National Public Radio on Friday officially suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner, who recently published an essay exposing the government-funded outlet’s alleged bias during former President Donald Trump’s presidency.
Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, alleged in the essay published in The Free Press that the outlet was seeking to take down Trump during his presidency by citing Russia-collusion accusations that subsequently were debunked. The outlet suspended Berliner without pay for five days starting on Friday, NPR reported on Tuesday.
National Public Radio on Friday officially suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner, who recently published an essay exposing the government-funded outlet’s alleged bias during former President Donald Trump’s presidency.
Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, alleged in the essay published in The Free Press that the outlet was seeking to take down Trump during his presidency by citing Russia-collusion accusations that subsequently were debunked. The outlet suspended Berliner without pay for five days starting on Friday, NPR reported on Tuesday.
NPR informed Berliner in a letter on Thursday afternoon that the editor neglected to get the outlet’s required sign-off for publishing an essay for another outlet, characterizing it as a “final warning.” NPR said Berliner would be fired should he break the policy again, and the editor is not appealing the suspension.
Berliner’s essay, as well as his public comments after publishing it, led to “deep anger and dismay within NPR,” according to the outlet.
Berliner claimed in his essay that all of NPR was in agreement on the prioritization of race and identity, causing a lack of “viewpoint diversity” and rise in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The editor also criticized the outlet for failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 presidential election, and uncritically accepting the words of Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Colleagues contend Berliner cherry-picked examples to fit his arguments and challenge the accuracy of his accounts,” according to NPR. “They also note he did not seek comment from the journalists involved in the work he cited.”
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