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<\/picture> <\/div>\nUri Berliner, a long-time editor at National Public Radio (NPR), has resigned<\/a> from the media organization.<\/p>\n His saga began last week after he published an essay<\/a> for Bari Weiss’ The<\/em> Free Press<\/em> in which he criticized creeping liberal groupthink at his place of employment. Many NPR employees were furious<\/a> that he would “torch his workplace,” though Berliner’s piece carefully noted that he still believes the outlet is important and should continue to receive government funding.<\/p>\n For writing about his own outlet without seeking permission from his bosses, Berliner was suspended for five days without pay. But ultimately, he has chosen to resign.<\/p>\n “I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay,” he said, referencing statements made by NPR CEO Katherine Maher\u2014whose considerable history of tweeting woke nonsense<\/a> is now under public scrutiny as well.<\/p>\n And he is quite correct. Berliner’s article for Weiss concludes with this thought: “What’s notable is the extent to which people at every level of NPR have comfortably coalesced around the progressive worldview. And this, I believe, is the most damaging development at NPR: the absence of viewpoint diversity.”<\/p>\n Berliner cited Russiagate, the Hunter Biden laptop story, and coverage of the lab leak theory of COVID-19’s origins as coverage areas where NPR’s bias in favor of the progressive, establishment Democratic Party perspective led the outlet astray. A media company that did not completely dismiss non-progressive opinions out of hands might have fared better.<\/p>\n The absence of viewpoint diversity at NPR should be no surprise, however, when its CEO apparently believes<\/a> that ideological diversity is a “dog whistle for anti-feminist, anti-POC stories.” For Maher, diversity involves<\/a> “race, ethnicity, gender, class, ability, geography”\u2014everything except diversity of thought.<\/p>\n That Silicon Valley v Russia thread was pretty funny \u2014 until it got onto ideological diversity. In case it’s not evident, in these parts that’s often a dog whistle for anti-feminist, anti-POC stories about meritocracy. Maybe’s not what the author meant. But idk, maybe it is?<\/p>\n — Katherine Maher (@krmaher) July 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n