Uri Berliner makes the move as social media posts of NPR’s CEO surface calling former President Trump a racist, decrying white identity, and defending looting.
Katherine Maher, NPR’s new CEO, responded by calling his critique “profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.”
‘An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR,’ Uri Berliner had written. ‘And now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America.’