Former NPR Exec (Anonymously): Berliner 'Identified a Real Problem'

Veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner detailed his employer’s "absence of viewpoint diversity" last week in a stunning rebuke of the news organization, and a former high-level NPR executive feels a "real problem" was identified in the scathing piece.

"I’m not surprised because he’s a very thoughtful and forthright guy," a former high-level NPR executive who worked with Berliner told Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity. ...

The ex-NPR executive noted that there seems to be "something going on in media," as NBC and MSNBC hosts recently attacked their own employer for hiring former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel, who was swiftly fired after the backlash.

Ed Morrissey

This is a day or so old, but still worth a mention considering other developments. It's mainly interesting because of the contrast between this former NPR exec and Berliner, who went public with his concerns. The source in this case is testifying to just how bad it is in the mainstream media by protecting his identity, even though he'd already left NPR.

Read it all, though, for his thoughts on how the model for journalism went from an apprenticed craft to an Academia-based profession. Andrew Malcolm and I have often discussed this very issue.

Former NPR Exec (Anonymously): Berliner 'Identified a Real Problem'

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