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NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns as calls for defunding grow

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Uril Berliner quit NPR after alleging it was biased in favor of liberals, but the saga continues.

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  1. NPR suspends veteran editor Uri Berliner, who called out left-wing bias

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  2. Newest

    NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns as calls for defunding grow

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  1. New York Post

    NPR suspends veteran editor Uri Berliner, who called out left-wing bias (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    NPR has suspended Uri Berliner, the senior editor who published a bombshell essay a week ago that claimed that the publicly funded outlet "lost America's trust" by approaching news stories with a left-wing bias.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    NPR suspends journalist who publicly accused network of liberal bias (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Uri Berliner, a 25-year veteran of NPR, stoked criticism of the public broadcaster in an essay that said it lacks diverse viewpoints.

  3. Breitbart News

    Report: NPR Punishes Editor Who Blasted Network's Leftist Mindset (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    NPR senior Editor Uri Berliner is reportedly facing consequences after publicly criticizing the outlet's progressive leanings.

  4. Deadline

    NPR Temporarily Suspends Editor Who Penned Essay Criticizing Network For “Sorry Levels” Of Audience Trust, Liberal Bias (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Uri Berliner's essay was seized upon on the right.

  5. CNN

    NPR suspends editor who accused outlet of liberal bias (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    NPR has suspended the senior business editor who penned a scathing online essay claiming the radio network had “lost America’s trust” by embracing a “progressive worldview,” prompting fierce right-wing backlash and calls to defund the radio network.

  6. Fox News

    NPR suspends veteran editor who blew whistle on liberal bias at organization (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    NPR has suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner after he detailed his employer’s "absence of viewpoint diversity" last week in a stunning rebuke of the news organization.

  7. Newsweek

    NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns as calls for defunding grow (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Uril Berliner quit NPR after alleging it was biased in favor of liberals, but the saga continues.

  8. New York Post

    NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns after bombshell expose reveals network’s pervasive left-wing bias (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Uri Berliner, the veteran editor and reporter for National Public Radio who was suspended without pay after publishing a lengthy essay denouncing the outlet's liberal bias, has resigned from the broadcaster.

  9. NPR

    NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns with blast at new CEO (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The senior editor says CEO Katherine Maher has "divisive views" that confirm the issues he wrote about in an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust.

  10. New York Times

    NPR Editor Who Accused Broadcaster of Liberal Bias Resigns (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, said in an essay last week that the nonprofit had allowed progressive bias to taint its coverage.

  11. The Guardian

    NPR editor who accused outlet of liberal bias resigns (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Uri Berliner exits days after publication of an essay saying news organization no longer has an ‘open-minded spirit’

  12. Blaze Media

    NPR punishes editor after he exposed company's left-wing bias in viral essay: 'Lost America's trust' (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    NPR is punishing senior editor Uri Berliner for exposing the outlet's left-wing bias.Last week, Berliner sent shockwaves through the media with an essay in the Free Press highlighting what he believes is NPR's liberal transformation.

  13. The Daily Caller

    NPR Editor Who Exposed Newsroom’s Left-Wing Bias Resigns (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The veteran National Public Radio editor who exposed left-wing bias at the taxpayer-funded outlet announced his resignation Wednesday following his suspension.

  14. Breitbart News

    Veteran NPR Editor Uri Berliner Resigns After Calling out Network's Left-Wing Bias (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Veteran NPR editor and reporter Uri Berliner resigned from the broadcaster Wednesday after being suspended without pay for publishing a lengthy essay calling out the networks' innate left-wing bias.

  15. Washington Times

    NPR editor resigns after bombshell expose confirming network’s left-wing bias (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Uri Berliner, a veteran editor and reporter with National Public Radio, is quitting following his suspension for criticizing the outlet's liberal bias.

  16. CBS News

    Uri Berliner, NPR editor who criticized the network of liberal bias, says he (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    NPR had suspended Berliner after he claimed in an essay that the network had "lost America's trust" pushing progressive views.

  17. CNN

    NPR editor who criticized outlet for liberal bias out (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Uri Berliner, a National Public Radio senior editor who wrote a scathing online essay accusing the public radio network of harboring a liberal bias, said Wednesday he had resigned from the outlet.

  18. NBC News

    Senior NPR editor resigns after accusing outlet of liberal bias (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Uri Berliner, who worked as a senior business editor at NPR, wrote an essay for The Free Press in which he said he believes NPR is losing the public’s trust.

  19. Anchorage Daily News

    NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns after accusing network of political bias (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The public-radio network is being targeted by conservative activists over the essay, which many staffers say is misleading and inaccurate.

  20. Los Angeles Times

    Journalist who accused NPR of liberal bias resigns from the network (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Uri Berliner, suspended after his Free Press essay that said the nation had lost trust in the public broadcaster, announces he is leaving the network.

  21. CBS News

    NPR suspends Uri Berliner, editor who accused the network of liberal bias (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, was suspended after he claimed the network pushed progressive viewpoints.

  22. Legal Insurrection

    Longtime NPR Editor Who Documented Their Liberal Bias Suspended Without Pay, Threatened With Termination (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had 'lost America's trust' by approaching news stories with a rigidly progressive mindset. Berliner's five-day suspension without pay, which began last Friday, has not been previously reported.

  23. Forbes

    NPR Editor Resigns—And Takes Shot At CEO—As Conservatives Crusade Against Alleged Bias (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Following an essay published last week in which an NPR editor criticized the network’s “lack of viewpoint diversity,” former President Donald Trump and others called for the network to lose its public funding.

  24. Blaze Media

    NPR editor takes stand after calling out left-wing bias as GOP prepares to defund the network (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    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 …

  25. Al Jazeera

    NPR editor resigns after accusing US outlet of liberal bias (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Uri Berliner quits broadcaster days after being suspended over essay accusing network of lacking viewpoint diversity.

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