Non-profit media organisation National Public Radio (NPR) suspended senior business editor Uri Berliner for five days for violating the network’s policy. His suspension will start on Friday (April 19) and will continue till April 23.
Berliner had broken the ranks and published an essay in The Free Press – operated by former New York Times editor Bari Weiss – where he criticized the NPR’s coveragae of a number of issues, including the Hunter Biden laptop controversy and allegations against Donald Trump that he colluded with Russia during the 2016 US elections. He accused NPR of a lack of viewpoint diversity.
According to the Associated Press, NPR suspended Berliner for his failure to seek approval before seeking work outside the organisation. The also accused the senior journalist of releasing confidential information about the demography of the network’s audience in his essay….
