Former NPR Edit Urging his former employers to reject federal support shows that only Congress chooses to withhold government funds can public broadcasting organizations blame themselves.
“NPR should regain respect by doing what anyone has done in life in America: Rejecting government support. Get ahead, saying, without it, we will survive. In other words: truly independent,” Uri Berliner, former senior business editor of NPR wrote in Free Press on Tuesday.
“If Congress does eventually succumb to the $545 million annual budget that supports public television and broadcasting, NPR will be largely blamed. The broadcaster’s claim on everything and its mission to constantly tear down “a more informed public”, and when it continues to tear down public health during the public health period, he continues to tear down.
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Uri Berliner, former senior business editor of NPR, believes that NPR should reject federal funds and openly accept its tendency to progress. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR chief testified Wednesday before the newly formed House Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga, Chairman of the Doge Subcommittee. Letters to NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS Paula Kerger last month Invite them to testify About what Greene calls “blatant ideological and partisan reporting” and let them defend the federal funds they receive.
President Donald Trump said he hoped to raise funds from NPR and PBS when reporters were asked about the hearing.
“I would love to do this, and I think it’s very unfair. It’s very biased – the whole group, the whole group,” Trump said Tuesday.
Berlin said in his Tuesday article that “the axe can eventually fall on NPR”, which coincides with the “openly hostile Trump administration,” a country that no longer buys the “identity politics” that the network must offer.
Berliner resigns from NPR In April 2024, he was suspended for not getting outside jobs from other media, free media papers involving NPR, NPR’s report on Russiagate, Kuvid’s lab leak theory, Hunter Biden’s laptop and other polarized topics.
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Longtime editor Uri Berliner shocked the media industry last year when boasting about liberal bias against NPR. (Fox News Digital/Getty Images)
The Berliner was initially suspended for five days in April without paying and then decided to resign.
His claims to NPR shocked the media industry as he wrote that the employer at the time changed from the “left side” in 2011 to its current form, saying that “there is no longer an open spirit.” He wrote that NPR’s “lack of diversity of perspectives” plagued companies, and the claims sparked calls from NPR’s appeals for funding rights.
NPR editor Edith Chapin has previously said that she and her team “are very disagreeing” with Berliner’s assessment of NPR news and integrity quality.
Nevertheless, in May last year, NPR created a “backend” review process that included a team of 24/7 senior editors to ensure all coverage receives final editorial review. “The process was created with the help of a $1.9 million grant from the Company’s Public Broadcasting Corporation (CPB).
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NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testified on Wednesday the Governor’s subcommittee. (Llison Robert/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Shauna Clinton/SportsFile for Web Summit via Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Berliner said on Tuesday he didn’t believe it These new measures Working and urging NPR to “play its flag of progress publicly without fear”.
“NPR should separate the public from its mission statement and embrace progressive people. Don’t try to hide what everyone knows.”
“Once it is publicly recognized and publicly promoted, there is a place to advocate for journalism. Yes, there are a lot of hard-working stories that can cover the world about Margo and the ignorance of President Trump’s disregard for power. NPR can still be a big part of the dialogue in the United States without the support of the federal government. No time, NPR.
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