Editor’s Critique ‘Disprespectful, Hurtful, and Demeaning’: NPR’s CEO

‘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.’

The National Public Radio (NPR) new headquarters at 1111 North Capitol St, NE, Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2013. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

After a longtime National Public Radio editor wrote a bombshell critique of the network, NPR’s new CEO defended the news organization, calling the editor’s criticism “disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.”

This past week, Uri Berliner, the senior business editor for NPR, wrote an article for The Free Press in which he admitted that NPR has become radically progressive, with journalists as activists telling people what to think instead of letting the “evidence lead the way.”