NPR: How dare people suggest that we don’t tolerate a broad range of viewpoints on our taxpayer-supported platform!
Also NPR: All dissenters will be punished. NPR media reporter David Folkenflik somewhat courageously reveals that his employer has suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner for pointing out the obvious about their coverage, credibility, and shrinking trust with the public:
NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had “lost America’s trust” by approaching news stories with a rigidly progressive mindset.
Berliner’s five-day suspension without pay, which began last Friday, has not been previously reported.
Berliner’s column at the Free Press ran a week ago, (I commented here and here on it.) Despite the fact that most of Berliner’s criticisms involved previous management, current CEO Katherine Maher lashed out…
