NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher fired back at veteran editor Uli Berliner’s bombshell essay, saying it was “extremely difficult” for him to question NPR’s integrity. It was rude, hurtful and humiliating.”
“I joined this organization because public media is essential to an informed public. At its best, our work is about shaping what it means to share information and making it clear. will help you. public identity as fellow Americans in this vast and enduringly complex country,” Maher said. I sent a memo to the staff on Friday.. “NPR’s contribution to this ambitious mission was called into question this week in two different ways. First, there were criticisms of the quality of our editorial process and the integrity of our journalists. Second, Who are we?”
Maher added: “It should always be fair game to ask whether we are fulfilling our mission. At the end of the day, journalism is nothing if not difficult questions. Asking whether they are fulfilling their mission is based on little more than recognizing their identity is extremely disrespectful, hurtful, and humiliating. ”
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She goes on to say that “It is overly simplistic to claim that America’s diversity can be reduced to particular beliefs, and it is a false inference to infer that identity determines an individual’s ideology or political leanings.” “Each of our colleagues is here because they are,” he added. “We are highly qualified and skilled professionals who are passionate about our work. Working together we are stronger and we have the utmost respect for each other. , we best fulfill our mission when we look and sound like the country we serve.”
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher criticized Uli Berliner’s essay, suggesting it would be “extremely disrespectful” to question NPR’s integrity. (Harry Murphy/Web Summit Qatar Sports File via Getty Images)
A spokesperson for NPR, who joined the liberal news organization just last month, asserted that its employees “represent America” and that “we succeed through diversity,” which is “hard-won and fiercely protected.” “This is a fundamental initiative of the organization that has been established.”
“We recognize that this work is a public trust, established by Congress more than 50 years ago with the creation of the Public Broadcasting System. To maintain that trust, we is held to ongoing and rigorous accountability, and it takes great strength to feel comfortable turning the eye of journalistic accountability inward when we are questioned. , we are a news organization built on robust editorial standards and foundations. Well-built to withstand the most intense scrutiny,” Maher wrote in the message.
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Maher acknowledged that NPR’s audience has “definitely changed” in recent years, but added, “We’ve gained new trust from a younger, more diverse audience, especially in the digital experience. It constitutes a new generation of listeners, it’s more representative of America, and it’s a change in our listening, viewing and reading patterns.”
But this contradicts data Berliner shared in his Free Press essay. He said NPR’s audience in 2023 will be just 6% black and 7% Hispanic, and politically a whopping 67% liberal and just 11% conservative.
Veteran NPR editor Uli Berliner’s bombshell essay exposes the liberal groupthink that has invaded NPR’s newsroom. (JP Im/Wire Image)
Maher is proud of NPR’s staff, saying, “Their presence across America means bringing together people, urban and rural, liberal and conservative, rich and poor, often in one community.” “It is fundamental to our mission to serve and engage audiences as diverse as our country.”
This also appears to contradict Berliner’s own findings, which showed that 87 of NPR’s editorial staff at its Washington, D.C., headquarters are registered Democrats, compared to zero Republicans. is.
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Maher told employees that, in addition to other initiatives, they will “conduct editorial planning and reviews across the NPR network on a quarterly basis” to address “how our journalism meets the needs of our community audiences.” It was announced that a meeting would be held.
“We confidently continue to uphold our excellence, have inclusive conversations that bridge perspectives, learn more about the audiences we serve as we continue to grow and thrive, and grow and thrive as a public commons.” It shines more light on who we are, and I look forward to seeing how we do this work together,” Maher concluded.
NPR is reportedly facing “disruption” after the publication of Berliner’s surprising essay. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
As Ms. Maher began in her memo, “this has been a long week” for NPR. Berliner’s stunning criticism of his employer revealed disturbing allegations against the media, particularly the anti-Trump stance he said the media had embraced since 2016.
“Like many newsrooms, [former President Trump’s] The 2016 presidential election was greeted at NPR with a mix of disbelief, anger, and despair…but what started as tough, honest coverage of a bellicose, untruthful president ended up damaging the Trump presidency. The focus was on efforts to inflict or overthrow the Japanese government. ” written by berliner.
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The longtime editor blamed NPR for allowing Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to become an “ever-present muse” during Russiagate, saying, “NPR’s best and fairest minds… I listened to one of the journalists with the “It was a good thing we did that.”not following [Hunter Biden] Because the laptop story could help Trump. ”
The 25-year veteran also took aim at how NPR has made diversity its “north star,” highlighting the lack of ideological diversity in the newsroom while also highlighting the diversity of interviewees and sources. They even introduced a diversity “tracking system” to record species and ethnicity. .
