NPR whistleblower Uri Berliner recently penned an independent op-ed about the obvious bias that has gripped the left-wing outlet.
To most conservatives and libertarians, the bias at NPR isn’t news—it is well-known, almost endemic to the outlet and most corporate media sources.
Legacy media has co-opted the liberal movement, and what was once rebellious and niche has become establishment and mainstream—the spirit of the 1960s is dead.
It now exists only as an undead version of itself, a walking husk lacking a soul and comprised of the very things the left fought against for decades.
Unfortunately for the folks at NPR and the scores of college liberals who read NPR, they didn’t get the memo, they’re still thinking in mid-20th century terms as the rest of the world passes them by.
Uri Berliner correctly cited the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story by NPR and the rampant TDS afflicting the outlet as central reasons behind the corporate media outlet’s rapid decline.
Berliner’s brilliant op-ed wasn’t just his own meandering opinion, the data backs up Berliner’s comments and concerns. NPR has lost almost three-quarters of its traffic since 2020.
Americans are finally waking up to the evils and biases of state-affiliated corporate media outlets.
Berliner was brave for telling the truth, yet now the consequences of his actions have manifested—Berliner has been suspended, without pay, from the legacy media outlet.
NPR’s Chief Executive Officer Katherine Maher suspended Berliner for the simple crime of telling the truth in print. Multiple outlets confirmed the suspension of Berliner:
Left-wing publicly funded news corporation @npr has suspended its reporter whistleblower without pay for writing an essay about the political bias within the company. CEO & leftist ideologue @krmaher publicly chastised reporter Uri Berliner. Read: https://t.co/1R5DARiXzx
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 16, 2024
NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner for violating the most basic rule of journalism by telling the truth. https://t.co/7JfyUB5bl6
— Scott Greenfield (@ScottGreenfield) April 16, 2024
Unfortunately, NPR Editor Uri Berliner has been suspended. He spoke truth and he found out the hard way what happens when one speaks against the state rum media.https://t.co/fsRhR2kUkk pic.twitter.com/9aJ19oA4H3
— Booker (@RealBookerScott) April 16, 2024
The New York Post had more details:
NPR media writer David Folkenflik revealed on Tuesday that Berliner beginning on Friday was suspended for five days without pay.
Folkenflik, who reviewed a copy of the letter from NPR brass, said the company told the editor he had failed to secure its approval for outside work for other news outlets — a requirement for NPR journalists.
NPR called the letter a “final warning,” saying Berliner would be fired if he violated NPR’s policy again.
Kyle Becker pointed out NPR’s Chief Executive Officer Katherine Maher’s troubling past and biased commentary:
“In 2018, she claimed on Twitter that “Donald Trump is a racist,” without providing any evidence. Maher has also made her radical socialist views clear.
“I mean, sure, looting is counterproductive,” Maher said in 2020 about the BLM riots.
“But it’s hard to be mad about protests not prioritizing the private property of a system of oppression founded on treating people’s ancestors as private property.”
She has also complained about “white privilege.” “White silence is complicity,” she scolded. “If you are white, today is the day to start a conversation in your community.”
Katherine Maher was previously the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation and has held communications roles for HSBC, UNICEF and the World Bank.”
NPR's 'Woke' CEO Suspends NPR Journalist Who Called Out Bias at Taxpayer-Funded Outlet
NPR’s new chief executive Katherine Maher has suspended veteran journalist Uri Berliner over his article calling out the network's rabid left-wing bias, noting that there were 87 Democrats… pic.twitter.com/NZWPKOe8iG
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) April 16, 2024
Here’s an excerpt from Uri Berliner’s independent piece on NPR’s bias:
An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America.
That wouldn’t be a problem for an openly polemical news outlet serving a niche audience.
But for NPR, which purports to consider all things, it’s devastating both for its journalism and its business model.
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