National Public Radio Senior editor Uri Berliner, self-described liberal, admits he voted against Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. But the 25-year NPR news veteran recently wrote an op-ed in the Free Press in which he blasted his news organization for going overboard regarding covering former President Trump and not being open to opposing views.
Berliner didn’t stop there. He also criticized NPR over its coverage of “Russia Gate”, the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Hunter Biden laptop story, the George Floyd murder and the LGBTQ trans community.
Covering Trump. Berliner says that to the surprise that Trump won in 2016, NPR made its mission day to take down the Trump administration.
On the Russia-Trump collusion narrative, Berliner criticized NPR for welcoming the story with open arms, but when it showed no proof of any partnership between the former president and Russia’s “involvement” in the 2016 election, Berliner said, “NPR’s coverage was notably sparse.”
On the Hunter Biden laptop story, NPR commented and said the story was a waste of time to cover.
When it came to reporting on LGBTQ trans issues, as in sports, the term “biological sex” was not to be used.
Berliner tells the story of how he looked up the voter registrations of his colleagues at the NPR newsroom in 2021. He found that in Washington, D.C., there were 87 registered Democrats in NPR editorial positions and “zero Republicans.”
“It’s a lack of “viewpoint diversity,” says Berliner.
Berliner shares polling information that was taken on NPR’s audience and it went from slightly left leaning overall in 2011 to overwhelmingly leaning left in 2023.
“An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America,” Berliner said.
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