Saturday, April 20, 2024

NPR’s woke turn has destroyed its credibility

A veteran editor has been suspended for speaking out against its identitarian bias. - JENNY HOLLAND
"...Sadly, NPR’s transformation from broadcaster for the broadminded, quirky and intellectually curious – hallmarks of the American liberalism of yore – into purveyor of state propaganda is now beyond doubt...
Today, the American liberal is little more than a faithful Democratic Party hack – closed-minded, dogmatic and terrified of any truth that challenges their worldview.
Last week, veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner published an essay in the Free Press -confirming from the inside what had long been blindingly obvious to any outsider. 
‘An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR’, Berliner writes. Its journalism has become ‘knee-jerk, activist and scolding’. ‘And now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America.
The newsroom itself certainly does not reflect America, as Berliner notes. 
He surveyed the voter registration of his colleagues in Washington, DC: ‘I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.’...


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