Update: The NPR editor who penned an essay criticizing the network for what he saw as bias in its coverage of Donald Trump and a host of other issues has resigned.
Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, posting his resignation letter to NPR CEO Katherine Maher on his X/Twitter account.
“I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”
A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.
Berliner had been temporarily suspended from NPR after publishing on essay for The Free Press...
Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, posting his resignation letter to NPR CEO Katherine Maher on his X/Twitter account.
“I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”
A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.
Berliner had been temporarily suspended from NPR after publishing on essay for The Free Press...
- 4/17/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
NPR Business Desk Editor Uri Berliner. (Courtesy image)
Public radio program distributor NPR has suspended its business desk editor Uri Berliner over an editorial he wrote that was critical of the broadcaster and its former executives.
The suspension of Uri Berliner occurred last Friday, but was only made public on Tuesday after NPR revealed it in a news story on its website. The story was apparently with Berliner’s blessing, as he reportedly provided documents outlining the discipline to its media correspondent, David Folkenflik.
The unpaid suspension occurred several days after Berliner penned an essay for the Free Press, a Substack-distributed newsletter founded by former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. The newsletter offers “investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is,” and is often a haven for think-pieces from those who feel disenfranchised by the perceived progressive tilt of the American mainstream media.
In his column,...
Public radio program distributor NPR has suspended its business desk editor Uri Berliner over an editorial he wrote that was critical of the broadcaster and its former executives.
The suspension of Uri Berliner occurred last Friday, but was only made public on Tuesday after NPR revealed it in a news story on its website. The story was apparently with Berliner’s blessing, as he reportedly provided documents outlining the discipline to its media correspondent, David Folkenflik.
The unpaid suspension occurred several days after Berliner penned an essay for the Free Press, a Substack-distributed newsletter founded by former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. The newsletter offers “investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is,” and is often a haven for think-pieces from those who feel disenfranchised by the perceived progressive tilt of the American mainstream media.
In his column,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The board of NPR this week announced the appointment of a technology executive to serve as the public radio program producer’s next chief executive officer.
Katherine Maher joins NPR after serving as the CEO of Web Summit for just three months. She also served as the CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit parent company of Wikipedia, from 2016 to 2019, and worked with the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board toward the end of the coronavirus health pandemic.
Like other media companies, NPR has struggled in recent years to emerge from the pandemic as a financially-healthy company as individual and corporate donors close their wallets and reconfigure their charitable spending.
NPR generates revenue through sales of its radio programming to individual member stations — most of which are licensed to colleges and universities, but some of which are standalone not-for-profits with no connection to a school — with those stations increasingly reliant on corporate underwriting.
Katherine Maher joins NPR after serving as the CEO of Web Summit for just three months. She also served as the CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit parent company of Wikipedia, from 2016 to 2019, and worked with the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board toward the end of the coronavirus health pandemic.
Like other media companies, NPR has struggled in recent years to emerge from the pandemic as a financially-healthy company as individual and corporate donors close their wallets and reconfigure their charitable spending.
NPR generates revenue through sales of its radio programming to individual member stations — most of which are licensed to colleges and universities, but some of which are standalone not-for-profits with no connection to a school — with those stations increasingly reliant on corporate underwriting.
- 1/25/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
NPR plans to lay off about 10% of its current staff due to the soft ad market and a drop in revenue from corporate sponsors, as well as uncertainties in the global economy overall.
In a memo to staff, NPR CEO John Lansing wrote that “our financial outlook has darkened considerably in recent weeks. At a time when we are doing some of our most ambitious and essential work, the global economy remains uncertain.”
NPR had announced a hiring freeze last year as part of a plan to cut costs amid a $20 million falloff in sponsorship revenue. But for fiscal year 2023, that shortfall is now projected to be at least $30 million, Lansing wrote.
“The cuts we have already made to our budget will not be enough,” Lansing wrote.
NPR’s David Folkenflik, who first reported on the layoffs, wrote that the layoffs impact at least 100 people. NPR also is cutting many of its open positions.
In a memo to staff, NPR CEO John Lansing wrote that “our financial outlook has darkened considerably in recent weeks. At a time when we are doing some of our most ambitious and essential work, the global economy remains uncertain.”
NPR had announced a hiring freeze last year as part of a plan to cut costs amid a $20 million falloff in sponsorship revenue. But for fiscal year 2023, that shortfall is now projected to be at least $30 million, Lansing wrote.
“The cuts we have already made to our budget will not be enough,” Lansing wrote.
NPR’s David Folkenflik, who first reported on the layoffs, wrote that the layoffs impact at least 100 people. NPR also is cutting many of its open positions.
- 2/22/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, May 11, 2022: Ex-Fox News host Ed Henry’s defamation lawsuit against NPR and CNN has been voluntarily dismissed.
A federal judge granted dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice last week, according to a document filed in U.S. District in New York. Under the terms, the parties will bear their own costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees. Court records show that the dismissal followed talks between the parties to resolve the case.
Henry sued NPR and reporter David Folkenflik, as well as CNN and two of its on-air personalities, Brian Stelter and Alisyn Camerota, over their reporting on his dismissal from Fox News. Henry was fired from Fox News in 2020 for alleged sexual misconduct.
Henry’s attorney an a representative for CNN did not immediately return a request for comment.
NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara said, “We stand behind David Folkenflik’s journalism on this story and are proud of...
A federal judge granted dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice last week, according to a document filed in U.S. District in New York. Under the terms, the parties will bear their own costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees. Court records show that the dismissal followed talks between the parties to resolve the case.
Henry sued NPR and reporter David Folkenflik, as well as CNN and two of its on-air personalities, Brian Stelter and Alisyn Camerota, over their reporting on his dismissal from Fox News. Henry was fired from Fox News in 2020 for alleged sexual misconduct.
Henry’s attorney an a representative for CNN did not immediately return a request for comment.
NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara said, “We stand behind David Folkenflik’s journalism on this story and are proud of...
- 5/11/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Explaining his decision to leave the network, former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace told The New York Times, “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming at Fox.”
Wallace already stood out at Fox as an anchor who did not always push the blindly pro-Trump narrative favored by many at the channel. But Wallace said in an interview published Sunday that he knew it was time to leave when people at the network “began to question the truth.”
“I’m fine with opinion: conservative opinion, liberal opinion,” Wallace told the Times’ Michael M. Grynbaum.
Wallace already stood out at Fox as an anchor who did not always push the blindly pro-Trump narrative favored by many at the channel. But Wallace said in an interview published Sunday that he knew it was time to leave when people at the network “began to question the truth.”
“I’m fine with opinion: conservative opinion, liberal opinion,” Wallace told the Times’ Michael M. Grynbaum.
- 3/27/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
There appears to be quite a bit of tension inside Fox News over the extremist views of the network’s most popular host. Host Bret Baier publicly admitted on Monday that there were internal “concerns” at the network about the Tucker Carlson-produced documentary, Patriot Purge. The controversial documentary suggested Jan. 6 was a “false flag” operation and aired on the network’s streaming platform.
During a recent interview on fellow Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s radio show, Baier seemed a bit uncomfortable when Kilmeade asked about two network contributors, Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes,...
During a recent interview on fellow Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s radio show, Baier seemed a bit uncomfortable when Kilmeade asked about two network contributors, Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes,...
- 11/23/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News anchor Bret Baier was questioned by another network personality, Brian Kilmeade, about the exit of two Fox News contributors following the debut of the Fox Nation series Patriot Purge from Tucker Carlson.
Kilmeade, on his radio, show, asked Baier whether he was “bothered” by the Carlson series.
“Brian, I won’t go down this road. There were concerns about it, definitely, and I think the news division did what we do,” he said. “We covered the story, and I wanted to do that all internally. Steve and Jonah made their decision, and it is their decision.”
Baier was referring to Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, conservative commentators who have been with the network since 2009. They announced on Sunday that they were resigning, in part in protest over the documentary, calling it “a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions.”
According to...
Kilmeade, on his radio, show, asked Baier whether he was “bothered” by the Carlson series.
“Brian, I won’t go down this road. There were concerns about it, definitely, and I think the news division did what we do,” he said. “We covered the story, and I wanted to do that all internally. Steve and Jonah made their decision, and it is their decision.”
Baier was referring to Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, conservative commentators who have been with the network since 2009. They announced on Sunday that they were resigning, in part in protest over the documentary, calling it “a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions.”
According to...
- 11/23/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump teased a press conference featuring Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney now leading his challenge of the election results, and for sheer theatrics, it did not disappoint.
“Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States,” wrote National Review editor Rich Lowry.
Fox News carried the marathon presser live and in its entirety, along with Trump-supporting networks One America News Network and Newsmax. CNN and MSNBC skipped it.
Giuliani made claim after claim of electoral fraud, then attacked the media for not treating it seriously or investigating allegations. But a number of reporters have and, in addition to debunking claims of systemic electoral fraud, certainly of the magnitude that could change the results, Trump’s legal team has suffered defeat after defeat in court, and earlier on Thursday dropped its effort to prevent the...
“Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States,” wrote National Review editor Rich Lowry.
Fox News carried the marathon presser live and in its entirety, along with Trump-supporting networks One America News Network and Newsmax. CNN and MSNBC skipped it.
Giuliani made claim after claim of electoral fraud, then attacked the media for not treating it seriously or investigating allegations. But a number of reporters have and, in addition to debunking claims of systemic electoral fraud, certainly of the magnitude that could change the results, Trump’s legal team has suffered defeat after defeat in court, and earlier on Thursday dropped its effort to prevent the...
- 11/19/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — For years, Ed Butowsky has been one of the biggest proponents of the unproven theory that murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich leaked a trove of internal emails to WikiLeaks in 2016. Now, Butowsky is backing away from the Rich case by moving to dismiss multiple lawsuits related to Rich that he had filed against reporters and major news organizations.
As Rolling Stone reported earlier this summer, Butowsky, a Texas-based financial adviser and former TV pundit who made some 200 appearances on Fox News and Fox Business between 2009 and 2017 according to court records,...
As Rolling Stone reported earlier this summer, Butowsky, a Texas-based financial adviser and former TV pundit who made some 200 appearances on Fox News and Fox Business between 2009 and 2017 according to court records,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Sinclair Broadcast Group has extended a lifeline to longtime Fox News veteran James Rosen, who was ousted earlier this year amid reports of sexual misconduct during his tenure as the channel’s chief Washington Correspondent.
“Proud to start the New Year by joining @WeAreSinclair as an investigative reporter in its growing Washington bureau. Stay tuned to this feed for updates on where and when you can catch my reporting,” Rosen said in a tweet.
He also shared a photo with his new colleague, Sharyl Attkisson, who hosts Sinclair’s Sunday Morning program “Full Measure.”
The full scope of what he will be doing at Sinclair still remains unclear. The network did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap.
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It’s a return from the wilderness for Rosen, who saw his 18-year career at Fox News evaporate...
“Proud to start the New Year by joining @WeAreSinclair as an investigative reporter in its growing Washington bureau. Stay tuned to this feed for updates on where and when you can catch my reporting,” Rosen said in a tweet.
He also shared a photo with his new colleague, Sharyl Attkisson, who hosts Sinclair’s Sunday Morning program “Full Measure.”
The full scope of what he will be doing at Sinclair still remains unclear. The network did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap.
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It’s a return from the wilderness for Rosen, who saw his 18-year career at Fox News evaporate...
- 1/2/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The Los Angeles Times was restive on Thursday after a bombshell NPR story on Wednesday reporting that former Times editor and publisher Davan Maharaj had secretly recorded Michael Ferro — then chairman of tronc, the paper’s parent company — calling L.A. billionaire Eli Broad a member of a “Jewish cabal” that controlled Los Angeles.
In addition, Maharaj’s attorney confirmed that he had reached a substantial financial settlement after he was fired earlier this year in a deal that NPR said was worth $2.5 million.
In response to the reports about its own operations, many employees on Thursday were quick to disparage Ferro, Maharaj and Tribune Publishing.
“Obviously everyone was disgusted with the story — every part of it,” Matt Pearce, a national correspondent for the Times and officer of the L.A. Times Guild, told TheWrap on Thursday. “The story describes anti-Semitism by our old chairman, millions wasted on yet another...
In addition, Maharaj’s attorney confirmed that he had reached a substantial financial settlement after he was fired earlier this year in a deal that NPR said was worth $2.5 million.
In response to the reports about its own operations, many employees on Thursday were quick to disparage Ferro, Maharaj and Tribune Publishing.
“Obviously everyone was disgusted with the story — every part of it,” Matt Pearce, a national correspondent for the Times and officer of the L.A. Times Guild, told TheWrap on Thursday. “The story describes anti-Semitism by our old chairman, millions wasted on yet another...
- 12/13/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Mika Brzezinski failed to appear on “Morning Joe” Thursday with co-host Joe Scarborough making sure to note at the top of the show that it was due to a pre-planned family event.
“Mika has the day with her family, a long planned family event,” Scarborough said. “She’s sorry she’s not here, cause we’re going to be talking about baseball most of the morning.”
“She’ll be back with us tomorrow,” he added, before moving on to introduce the usual show regulars. Scarborough really wanted to let “Morning Joe” viewers know about this family event — so much so that he mentioned it again in the show’s second hour.
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Mika’s disappearance for this “family event,” however, comes just a day after she accused Mike Pompeo of being a “wannabe dictator’s butt-boy” to Saudi...
“Mika has the day with her family, a long planned family event,” Scarborough said. “She’s sorry she’s not here, cause we’re going to be talking about baseball most of the morning.”
“She’ll be back with us tomorrow,” he added, before moving on to introduce the usual show regulars. Scarborough really wanted to let “Morning Joe” viewers know about this family event — so much so that he mentioned it again in the show’s second hour.
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Mika’s disappearance for this “family event,” however, comes just a day after she accused Mike Pompeo of being a “wannabe dictator’s butt-boy” to Saudi...
- 12/13/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Former Tribune Publishing chairman Michael Ferro described California billionaire and civic leader Eli Broad as being part of a “Jewish cabal” during a company meeting in 2016, according to an NPR report published Wednesday.
Ferro, who exited the company in March after a tumultuous tenure, made the remarks during a 2016 strategy dinner at an upscale restaurant near the company’s Chicago headquarters, NPR reporter David Folkenflik reported, citing two unnamed individuals who attended the event.
Earlier this year, Tribune paid a $2.5 million settlement to a fired Tribune executive in order to avoid a lawsuit that would have led to public disclosure of Ferro’s alleged remarks about Broad, NPR reported, citing three people with knowledge of the deal. The Los Angeles Times later reported that it was former Los Angeles Times publisher and editor Davan Maharaj who received the payout.
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Ferro, who exited the company in March after a tumultuous tenure, made the remarks during a 2016 strategy dinner at an upscale restaurant near the company’s Chicago headquarters, NPR reporter David Folkenflik reported, citing two unnamed individuals who attended the event.
Earlier this year, Tribune paid a $2.5 million settlement to a fired Tribune executive in order to avoid a lawsuit that would have led to public disclosure of Ferro’s alleged remarks about Broad, NPR reported, citing three people with knowledge of the deal. The Los Angeles Times later reported that it was former Los Angeles Times publisher and editor Davan Maharaj who received the payout.
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- 12/12/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
CNN media guru Brian Stelter said how he really feels about President Trump, telling an audience at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week the the construction magnate and TV celebrity is “poisoning the American people” with anti-media venom.
“President Trump is poisoning the American people, a subset of the American people that have been infected by the poison. It is getting worse every day and we’re going to reckon with the consequences for decades,” said Stelter, who added that he is still confident citizens will “get through this” because Trump is “weak right now.”
“Some days, I’m very optimistic,” he said. “I wake up glass half full a lot of days, and I think Trump’s pretty weak right now and we’re going to get through this.”
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Stelter...
“President Trump is poisoning the American people, a subset of the American people that have been infected by the poison. It is getting worse every day and we’re going to reckon with the consequences for decades,” said Stelter, who added that he is still confident citizens will “get through this” because Trump is “weak right now.”
“Some days, I’m very optimistic,” he said. “I wake up glass half full a lot of days, and I think Trump’s pretty weak right now and we’re going to get through this.”
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Stelter...
- 7/6/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News reporter James Rosen was ousted last December after an investigation into his workplace behavior with women found multiple accusations of sexual harassment and assault, according to NPR. The network’s chief Washington correspondent, Rosen left the network in December, but no explanation was given for his departure at the time. NPR’s David Folkenflik reported on Wednesday that it came after “increased scrutiny of his behavior at the network,” citing interviews with eight unnamed sources at Fox. The accusations against Rosen include sending racy messages to his former co-workers, aggressively pursuing sexual relationships with colleagues, and groping or forcibly kissing female...
- 1/10/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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