A veteran editor at National Public Radio (NPR), Uri Berliner, NPR's senior business editor, has sparked significant discussion with his critique of the news organization's shift towards a more activist, left-leaning editorial stance. Berliner's essay, highlighted in various publications, points to a lack of viewpoint diversity within NPR, noting an overwhelming number of registered Democrats in editorial positions, 87 Democrats and zero Republicans. This ideological shift is attributed to changes post-2016, with NPR's coverage of events like the Hunter Biden laptop story and Russiagate coming under scrutiny for perceived bias. Berliner's observations are supported by internal data showing a dramatic drop in conservative listenership from 26% in 2011 to 11% by 2023. The essay has prompted responses from NPR leadership, including NPR acting Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin, strongly disagreeing with Berliner's assessment, yet it has ignited a broader conversation about bias in media and the role of public funding in journalism.
Sadly, @NPR was far from alone among the media in abandoning any journalistic standards on the Covid origins issue https://t.co/8CnkGI1KP7
National Public Radio, the American broadcaster partially funded by taxpayers, has been accused by one of its top journalists of being dismissive of conservative views and serving only left-wing listeners ⬇️ https://t.co/BEvaxJP5Za
Something that gives me hope for the United States is the fairly broad distribution of high integrity people and their ability to speak up in the face of an institution. Good read. https://t.co/mC4CBJIK8Z
With the Republican Party expelling any remaining moderates and working as hard as possible to overturn American democracy, a former NPR editor hand-wrings about the supposed loss of both-sides political journalism. OK dude. https://t.co/cv1GRIw2Yk
Silly piece by a former NPR editor. https://t.co/qLcGb2ZUhY
NPR finally admits they “turned a blind eye” to the Hunter Biden laptop story If you think that’s bad, wait until you hear what our corrupt FBI did… https://t.co/TSHkFMw9X8
"DEI is a horrible thing that causes real damage and people are right to hate it. It's a sexist, racist, and wildly unfair concept." -- @TheBrandonMorse Use promo code "SAVEAMERICA" for a VIP subscription discount. #DEI https://t.co/d1dg9h7koq
NPR Editor Responds to Public Criticism From Veteran Journo in Internal Memo to Staff: 'Strongly Disagree' https://t.co/Rc56qrw7o6
The essay was interesting & while I didn’t agree many points he used to make his case, I agree NPR has been “off” Everyone has an example, @nic__carter got called “crazy conspiracy theorist” for using the popular “eat the big” meme was my damn wtf NPR moment. What’s yours? https://t.co/AH1C6n4afs
'CRITICAL FAILURE': After sounding the alarm about a lack of viewpoint diversity in the newsroom, one NPR editor said, "the response wasn’t hostile. It was worse." The editor is blowing the whistle on the left-leaning outlet's biased coverage: https://t.co/NqHGiy17hA https://t.co/PcFagBSwyk
How #NPR lost its way… https://t.co/BUhZ0uXnUW
Friends of @NPR say change should come from within, not by denying funding, but if that could work, it would never have been that journalists were forced to log the race of interviews to prove they were doing social justice for management, right? https://t.co/zpF4iBHTI2
If @NPR doesn't need it thinks to talk to all of America, what's it there for? https://t.co/qdBUReh1vG
🛑🤚MUST READ: Today, @NPR reporter @uberliner detailed how Dr. Fauci and other American public health leaders suppressed and vilified honest journalism about the origins of COVID-19. "Reporting on a possible lab leak soon became radioactive." MORE👇 https://t.co/18nUnQlqJl https://t.co/AFz3InItRb
This article -- by a liberal long employed at NPR -- describes what happened in most media outlets since Trump's election: they explicitly renounced any journalistic function in favor of becoming political activists in defense of what they see as a greater cause than journalism: https://t.co/RdO5GTFTHj
Veteran NPR reporter blasts outlet for being dominated by far-left activists who tell readers what to think https://t.co/C1PUNbsATW
Senior business editor Uri Berliner wrote an essay claiming Americans no longer trust NPR because of its lack of “viewpoint diversity” and embrace of DEI. https://t.co/W8UMkITaxN
NPR editor found registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans 87 to zero in newsroom https://t.co/ySrVdxhxKz
"An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR..." This rings true and some of my worst media experiences have been on NPR stations. Once I was invited to talk about my research on "green" buildings on @OPB. My research showed that so-called green schools used more energy…
NPR Editor Makes Stunning Admission Over Left-Wing Bias. Read more: https://t.co/yp0MF5yeTc A senior editor at National Public Radio (NPR) says the outlet's response to the election of then...
Journalists and others should be able to destroy their opinions with facts. We’ve lost that ability. NPR is in the news today. But they’re all the same.
NPR editor says network ‘turned a blind eye’ to Hunter Biden laptop story because ‘it could help Trump’ https://t.co/jNQsm8BQhQ https://t.co/pSlBPNWUfH
NPR shouldn't get any more public funding. It can survive on its own as the platform for coastal progressive elites. https://t.co/awa0FiUscP
NPR editor rebukes own outlet's coverage of Hunter Biden laptop, COVID lab leak and Russiagate https://t.co/II764FyTan
Revealing interview with NPR biz editor Uri Berliner confirming what we already knew about this liberal media outlet. But now Berliner admits they went too far with activist journalism, especially in Trump coverage. https://t.co/kNsV33uUHn
NPR is the 1st thing I hear nearly every morning; it has certainly moved leftward since Trump, especially on cultural issues: https://t.co/CrHwmitV8m But it mirrors what happened across most institutions composed of educated liberals.
This piece (and others like it) seems to confirm the theory that the news and entertainment industries no longer play to general audiences. The splintering of the media landscape – everything shattered into a million little news and streaming sites – has even the major leagues… https://t.co/U3XLzDeAOH
A couple of points worth considering with regard to Uri Berliner's critique of NPR coverage on Russiagate, which he calls a "miscue."
This is really damning for NPR. https://t.co/vO17QEb2tL
With his much-read essay on NPR, Uri Berliner has added to the episodic data on partisan leanings of mainstream U.S. newsrooms. In NPR's D.C. HQ a few years ago, he found 87 Dem journos and 0 Republican journos. https://t.co/0wG8s3qAG2
NPR tried to attract more black and Hispanic listeners by running endless segments centering black and Hispanic voices. Turns out that it was actually white liberals that liked the stories. https://t.co/FiB8Czh0ta
So @NPR has NOT lurched far to the left in recent years?!? Could of fooled me https://t.co/vnrKzWaQms
In an email to staff, NPR acting Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin responds to Uri Berliner, saying she and NPR leadership "strongly disagree with Uri’s assessment of the quality of our journalism and the integrity of our newsroom processes." https://t.co/jUjrXPkwJf https://t.co/APv3aYOBmk
scoop: NPR editor in chief Edith Chapin responds to Uri Berliner’s essay in @TheFP: “I and my colleagues on the leadership team strongly disagree with Uri’s assessment of the quality of our journalism…” https://t.co/VLz2DOkGvI
“There’s an unspoken consensus about the stories we should pursue and how they should be framed. It’s frictionless—one story after another about instances of supposed racism, transphobia, signs of the climate apocalypse, Israel doing something bad, and the dire threat of…
That NPR operates as Pravda should shock nobody. Our media is the DNC's propaganda arm, just shoveling useless stories about some phantom -ism or phobia into your ears.
A veteran NPR editor talked about just how biased newsrooms really are: https://t.co/EVEwFh6Tr5
This piece about NPR's abandonment of normal journalistic standards won't be a surprise to conservatives, but this insider (a liberal himself) brings the receipts. https://t.co/kUnlw6ERZG I understand why he says "defunding isn't the answer", but nothing else is likely to work.
That NPR editor’s office this morning https://t.co/jyjAbjeZAX
"An Open-Minded Spirit No Longer Exists Within NPR" - NPR Veteran Excoriates Outlet Over Hunter, Russiagate Activism https://t.co/QfaTBSvqbq
Whoa!!! This is whistle blowing on ideological bias at NPR on a whole new scale. My hat is off to Uri Berliner. This took guts. https://t.co/J7v4PZiYMe
NPR journalist blows whistle on network's obsession with DEI and progressive diktats https://t.co/l93tnH8LVw https://t.co/8f6olJx8Qm
NPR editor rebukes own outlet's coverage of Hunter Biden laptop, COVID lab leak and Russiagate https://t.co/28H7ArdCVV #FoxNews
NPR Exposed: Insider Tells All About 'News' Outlet's Incredible Bias, Various Story Cover-Ups https://t.co/PJIREJdK32
An NPR veteran laments that, despite spending millions of dollars chasing minority listeners, almost no black or Hispanic Americans listen to NPR. "Our news audience [is] overwhelmingly white and progressive, and clustered around coastal cities and college towns." Maybe, he…
🚨 The Lie of DEI Research used to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives was debunked in a new academic paper published in Econ Journal Watch. 👇 Read our Full Analysis https://t.co/V3q7kwXsqR
COVID COVER-UP: Sen. Rand Paul calls out the government's lack of action after saying it knew of the "alarming and dangerous research" yet failed to take action. Sen. Rand Paul's full op-ed: https://t.co/0lSVAk5RwU https://t.co/RQB4GBIfXG
You know NPR is phony when every story is imbued with some banal “human interest” element related to social justice, activism and intersectionality. NPR has been unlistenable for news since ~2015. I still listen in the car for “opposition research” so I know MSM talking points. https://t.co/uNGC0Gv5o5
An NPR editors tells us the story of how NPR became an outlet for spewing hot left wing 💩💩 from a fire hose. https://t.co/hkrY6rNv9N
All (Approved) Things Considered: How We Lost Our Way at NPR – HotAir https://t.co/sTbKIst6Cy
Uri is right about pre-Trump NPR btw - yes it leaned left always, no it wasn't as unlistenable as it has become. I was a regular listener for years as a conservative, until about the last 5 years. Now, every segment is just a race to see who can get to "racism" or "trans" first. https://t.co/sQd6DHDpTA
NPR Veteran Takes Sledgehammer to His Current Employer's Creeping Liberal Bias | Opinion by @colbyhall https://t.co/95VaNT4v51
Any conversation around NPR that doesn’t begin with “the federal government pays the salary of Democratic Party foot soldiers to spread their message under the guise of news” isn’t worth having imo
“It’s frictionless—one story after another about instances of supposed racism, transphobia, signs of the climate apocalypse, Israel doing something bad, and the dire threat of Republican policies. It’s almost like an assembly line.” Well worth reading - @NPR is a microcosm of… https://t.co/woPfYa0VNF
NPR Update: This article is very good look at the internal politics at NPR since 2016. Trump, then Covid, then BLM broke these people's brains. Though it's about NPR specifically, this story explains pretty much all of mainstream media over the last half decade https://t.co/0Ke5lAYH8g
NPR fail: Biz Editor Uri Berliner concedes it’s only for liberals now. Staff 87 Dems, ZERO GOP Defunding not the answer: Tells @bariweiss @TheFP 'Defunding wouldn’t change the journalism at NPR. That needs to come from within.' https://t.co/xldSLvwmDY via @dcexaminer
I appreciate trying to think critically about your own news org's biases, but this probably gets causality somewhat backward. I'd guess that a lot of NPR listeners who voted for Romney have changed how they identify politically. Also, about the math... https://t.co/iZ7ZP185xF https://t.co/TPTy1UwarR
Incredible piece by an NPR editor on the evolution of NPR over decades. https://t.co/MqBBiN9xqr https://t.co/dEN2BEQDv1
1 big thing: America's reality distortion machine https://t.co/c3ocLO2HWJ #axiosam
NPR's senior business editor Uri Berliner details how the newsroom was overtaken by Trump Derangement Syndrome after 2016. https://t.co/qwUnBsTBXr
“The trajectory for NPR is not promising. Two paths seem clear. We can keep doing what we’re doing, hoping it will all work out. Or we could start over, with the basic building blocks of journalism.” Senior @NPR editor @uberliner speaks out in The FP: https://t.co/EclQJO838a https://t.co/ZS1q5yIbkM
In 2011, 26% of NPR listeners identified as conservative. That number dropped to 11% by 2023. NPR has become the Pravda Press for Democrats. It should receive no government subsidies. https://t.co/QEJp2qrqxC
In my experience NPR’s worldview is extremely *liberal*, not left wing—the archetypal NPR article nowadays is more “story about how white people using GIFs of Black people is digital Blackface” rather than “story about sectoral bargaining for workers” https://t.co/GgwmFTXMvN https://t.co/BozA6DG7gc
I listen to Planet Money from NPR and it’s not _too_ bad on the left-wing bias, but being about economics forces it to keep a foot in reality. I had listened to some other NPR programs, but they got too ridiculous. https://t.co/NX8yvrf5z7
And that was one of the "best and most fair-minded" journalists at NPR. Imagine the rest. https://t.co/3icJRsI0HS https://t.co/WotIZItIk4
NPR's neglect of the Hunter Biden laptop story has been known, but it remains shocking to this day. https://t.co/Xhhqa8jRxZ https://t.co/nyRjr3IhMe
This is really a must-read piece from NPR senior editor Uri Berliner discussing how NPR morphed from a liberal newsroom with some bias to an organization dominated by activists set on telling readers what to think and refusing to account for mistakes. https://t.co/I5a10uf9v0
This amply documented indictment of the bias at NPR could apply with equal force to countless other news organizations. https://t.co/zN4IaF0ycZ
Read this. NPR veteran describes the transformation of NPR from a news to an activist organization after Trump's election: "During most of my tenure [at NPR], an open-minded, curious culture prevailed. We were nerdy, but not knee-jerk, activist, or scolding. In recent years,… https://t.co/wYMaBFSbAK
It’s not at all surprising that zero NPR editors are registered Republicans. And it’s not going to change if the political views at the Daily Princetonian are any indication: https://t.co/sh1LUWmJWl https://t.co/jMVhZY4eik
WOW. “The [Hunter Biden] laptop was newsworthy… During a meeting with colleagues, I listened as one of NPR’s best and most fair-minded journalists said it was good we weren’t following the laptop story because it could help Trump.” https://t.co/Bv22VEd3j1
It’s not all surprising that zero NPR editors are registered Republicans. And it’s not going to change if the political views at the Daily Princetonian are any indication: https://t.co/QmPMCDEEuE https://t.co/jMVhZY4eik
"And this, I believe, is the most damaging development at NPR: the absence of viewpoint diversity." https://t.co/aQ9siRhDVg
"In 2011, although NPR’s audience tilted a bit to the left, it still bore a resemblance to America at large. Twenty-six percent of listeners described themselves as conservative, 23 percent as middle of the road, and 37 percent as liberal. By 2023, the picture was completely…
“We could face up to where we’ve gone wrong. News organizations don’t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there’s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we’re the ones with the word ‘public’ in our name.” @uriberliner's hope for a U.S. media institution. https://t.co/EclQJO838a https://t.co/CvFfSoL3xx
'There’s an unspoken consensus about the stories we [NPR] should pursue and how they should be framed. It’s frictionless—one story after another about instances of supposed racism, transphobia, signs of the climate apocalypse, Israel doing something bad, and the dire threat of…
I used to listen to NPR all the time. Sure, it leaned left, but there was a lot of interesting coverage. Now I can’t help but roll my eyes when someone says in conversation, “well, I heard on NPR…” Clearly, I’m not alone: https://t.co/zNbSo7BpxU https://t.co/jMVhZY4eik
this here is worth reading, from a long-time, current, NPR editor #NPR https://t.co/b4yTNjP5Yn #NPR #trust
WATCH: NPR's senior business editor Uri Berliner details how the newsroom was overtaken by Trump Derangement Syndrome after 2016 and how the "media" uncritically pushed Adam Schiff's garbage Russia collusion theory because they wanted to damage President Trump in an interview… https://t.co/Fcqu0Uhd1g
“In D.C., where @NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.” @uberliner on his outlet’s shift from “curious” and “open-minded” to “knee-jerk, activist, or scolding.” https://t.co/EclQJO838a
NPR journalist blows whistle on network's obsession with DEI and progressive diktats and reveals how stories like Hunter Biden laptop were ignored: 'Here's how we lost America's trust' https://t.co/cVi92AyAth https://t.co/qRIFgx0Nxe
He Found Zero Republicans at NPR’s D.C. Bureau In an exclusive interview, senior business editor at @NPR @UBerliner explains to @bariweiss the utter lack of diversity of thought at the public news organization. “I decided to look at voter registration among our staff… I looked… https://t.co/3hSZT9k4bc
An honest piece encapsulating a major problem at both @NPR ( &other news orgs). The author nails why conservatives, independents, etc, no longer trust or listen to NPR. Will they hear him? "the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population."…
An honest piece encapsulating a major problem at both @NPR ( &other news orgs). The author nails why conservatives, independents, etc, not longer trust or listen to NPR. Will they hear him? "the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population."…
An honest piece encapsulating a major problem at both NPR ( &other news orgs). The author nails why conservatives, independents, etc, not longer trust or listen to NPR. Will they hear him? "the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population."…
State-funded media has been captured by the Democrat Party. The American people are aware they lie to us - supposedly for our own good. As a result we don’t trust propaganda outlets like NPR anymore. https://t.co/lPiNMxkv3Y https://t.co/jkKuxmTPKX
After @NPR interviewed me in 2016 post-election, and was shocked that I challenged their bias, they suggested they would not carry conservatives live on air again. They walked that back, but I haven’t been on since then, and they’re so bad even my liberal relatives have given up. https://t.co/QxdPYgiYOj
“Our news audience doesn’t come close to reflecting America. It’s overwhelmingly white and progressive, and clustered around coastal cities and college towns.” @uberliner, a 25-year veteran at @NPR, on what went wrong at the prestigious news organization. https://t.co/EclQJO838a
NPR = a far left Ministry of Truth straight out of Orwell https://t.co/6lQgeRfkrV
A scathing exposé from a senior editor at @NPR on the ideological conformity and journalistic failures at the network. From @TheFP https://t.co/7s7GilbPIo
Must-read @axios via @JimVandeHei / @mikeallen: "Here's a wild thought experiment: What if we've been deceived into thinking we're more divided, more dysfunctional and more defeated than we actually are? On almost every topic of monthly outrage, it's a fringe view — or example —…
"In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None." https://t.co/BtfkfY9Epg
💡America's reality distortion machine On almost every topic of outrage, fringe views/edge cases are being amplified by social media, politicians •Most Christians aren't Christian nationalists •Most teachers ... teach The goods from @JimVandeHei + me👇https://t.co/QgiPvGrsf5
Opinion | The Great COVID Cover-up: Shocking truth about Wuhan and 15 federal agencies https://t.co/R3MtTWx2lh
🚨🚨 There’s compelling evidence we've been trapped in a reality distortion bubble — social media, cable TV and tribal political wars — long enough to warp our view of the reality around us. https://t.co/Sn2E8AisoU
In @nytopinion For anti-Trump Republicans, “one viable course remains: create a Republican Party in exile, a counterestablishment dedicated to recapturing the party from the outside,” Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner write in a guest essay. https://t.co/jafqehcOBp
The DEI obsession has utterly warped the minds of those running our public institutions. What began many years ago as a well-meaning mission to tackle prejudice has developed into a relentless moral lecture. It's like a nervous tic. https://t.co/7g0izs7YVE
"It’s impossible to be unbiased. The very act of assigning a story is a value judgment. Every story is shaped by multitudes of biases, from who gets quoted to how they’re described to what gets edited out. Pretending otherwise is... a fallacy." https://t.co/oJ8PSWG13r
The anti-DEI backlash is annoying because it’s steeped in racism which obscures valid criticism of such programs. Instead of hiring departments of people to make multi-ethnic posters and hire diversity speakers just fix hiring and promotion practices.