Uri Berliner, NPR editor critical of liberal bias, says he's resigning

Uri Berliner, a elder editor astatine National Public Radio who had been suspended from his job aft claiming nan web had "lost America's trust" by pushing progressive views while suppressing dissenting opinions, said he is resigning from nan broadcaster.

"I americium resigning from NPR, a awesome American institution wherever I person worked for 25 years," Berliner wrote successful his resignation missive to NPR CEO Katherine Maher, and which he posted successful portion connected X, nan erstwhile Twitter. "I cannot activity successful a newsroom wherever I americium disparaged by a caller CEO whose divisive views corroborate nan very problems astatine NPR I mention successful my Free Press essay."

Berliner's resignation comes 8 days aft he published an essay in nan Free Press that caused a firestorm of statement pinch his allegations that NPR was suppressing dissenting voices. In consequence to his critique, immoderate conservatives, including erstwhile President Donald Trump, called connected nan authorities to "defund" nan organization. 

Maher, who became NPR's CEO successful March, wrote a staff memo a fewer days aft publication of Berliner's effort addressing his criticisms of nan organization's editorial process. Among Berliner's claims are that NPR is failing to see different viewpoints and that it is fixated connected diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

"Questioning whether our group are serving our ngo pinch integrity, based connected small much than nan nickname of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful and demeaning," Maher wrote. 

Some of Berliner's NPR colleagues besides took rumor pinch nan essay, pinch "Morning Edition" big Steve Inskeep writing connected his Substack that nan article was "filled pinch errors and omissions."

"The errors do make NPR look bad, because it's embarrassing that an NPR journalist would make truthful many," Inskeep wrote.

Berliner's suspension, which occurred Friday, was reported by NPR media analogous David Folkenflik. NPR declined to remark to CBS News astir Berliner's resignation. "NPR does not remark connected individual unit matters," a spokesperson said.

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