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Embattled NPR president and CEO Katherine Maher sidestepped a question about whether she should prioritize “viewpoint diversity” in the newsroom in the wake of the resignation of a veteran editor who sounded the alarm about the organization’s liberal groupthink. During a conversation Wednesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Maher was asked about “viewpoint diversity,” a topic NPR’s senior …

NPR is under fire again, this time for punishing the veteran editor who took his concerns public about the liberal takeover of its newsroom. The organization’s in-house media correspondent David Folkenflik reported Tuesday that Uri Berliner, NPR’s senior business editor who wrote the bombshell essay about his employer’s bias, was placed on a five-day suspension without pay that began Friday. …

NPR president and CEO Katherine Maher fired back at veteran editor Uri Berliner’s bombshell essay, suggesting he was “profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning” for questioning NPR’s integrity. “I joined this organization because public media is essential for an informed public. At its best, our work can help shape and illuminate the very sense of what it means to have a …

The bombshell essay penned by veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner this week is reportedly causing “turmoil” at his news organization. Berliner made waves on Tuesday for calling out the liberal groupthink that has plagued NPR’s newsroom, pointing to their mishandling of Russiagate, the Hunter Biden laptop, the COVID lab leak theory and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war as examples of its …

NBC News has provided glowing coverage of Walmart and PepsiCo, two companies for which a top network executive holds board positions. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde, who oversees NBC News, CNBC, and MSNBC, has been facing intense scrutiny following NBC’s hiring – and swift firing – of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who sparked outrage from the network’s liberal …

NPR interviewed Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for its Russiagate coverage dozens of times between 2016 and 2019, so much so that he was characterized as the outlet’s “ever-present muse” by one of its own editors. In a bombshell essay published in The Free Press, veteran NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner said the 2016 election of Donald Trump quickly encouraged …

The bombshell essay penned by a veteran National Public Radio journalist puts a spotlight on what’s been called NPR’s “obsession” with the left-wing DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) ideology. Uri Berliner, the senior business editor and a 25-year NPR veteran, went viral for exposing how liberal groupthink has captured the NPR newsroom and drew significant attention to diversity becoming the …

Former ESPN host Sage Steele revealed that her 2021 interview with President Biden was “scripted” by network executives. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Steele recalled the “structured” nature of the pre-taped interview, so much so that her ESPN bosses handed her a “script” to go off of. “That was an interesting experience in its own right because it …

A mob at MSNBC got its wishes this week and helped ensure new colleague Ronna McDaniel would be ousted from the network. NBC announced just days ago that the former RNC chair would be joining as a political analyst, but within four days, McDaniel was sent packing after an on-air outcry. In the various diatribes against McDaniel, she was characterized …

NBC may be entering an ugly legal battle with former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who the network had fired days after inking a two-year contract as a contributor. Fox News‘ Alexis McAdams reported on “The Faulkner Focus” Wednesday that McDaniel will be seeking a buyout from her contract, which was $600,000 over the two-year period, according to the source familiar …