NPR is facing both internal tumult and a fusillade of attacks by prominent conservatives this week after a senior editor publicly claimed that the broadcaster had allowed liberal bias to affect its coverage, risking its trust with audiences. (NYT)
Former President Donald Trump, Fox News and the other organs in the right-wing universe are holding up NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner’s 3,500-word piece to demonize the outlet. And they are not stopping with a simple verbal assault, openly demanding that lawmakers strip the newsroom of its government funding. (CNN)
“NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM! EDITOR SAID THEY HAVE NO REPUBLICANS, AND IS ONLY USED TO ‘DAMAGE TRUMP,’” the former president wrote this week on his Truth Social website. “THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!” (The Hill)
Berliner said his essay on Bari Weiss’ online news site, The Free Press, generated “a lot of support from colleagues, and many of them unexpected, who say they agree with me. Some of them say this confidentially,” Berliner told NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo. (NY Post)