Whistleblower NPR editor, Uni Berliner suspended

Uni Berliner, the National Public Radio editor who reported that that the public news company has a huge progressive bias, has been suspended. Berliner, who reported the agency, which receives public funds, had 78 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans on its stuff, pointed out that the bias in the company is hurting its credibility as a news source. It's quite obvious that those who have an alternative view of the news are not welcome in this public sponsored agency.

The time has now come to question whether this entity should continue to receive public funds, given its bias. My wife has been a regular donor to the Public Broadcasting Network. She has agreed that needs to end.

Care to discuss?

 

Having a liberal government propaganda medium is just what the left loves. But it is unconstitutional. Good for your wife. Government is not the place to spend your money.

 

Funding needs to be cut and lets see if they can survive of donations from the audience that they want.

 

Yep, the free speech advocates suspended a guy for utilizing free speech.

Anyway, he resigned today.

 

My youngest is a producer for 2 shows on an NPR affiliate … makes good money … not registered with any party …

for what it’s worth …

 

what did Uri expect when he left the collective hive?

 

NPR does not receive government funding. I don’t know how many times I have had to point this out to right wingers over the

 

Not even NPR agrees with you lmao.

 

Not worth a cent, this is about the editorial board and their editorial decisions.

 

He is just a disgruntled, unsuccessful former employee. At least that is the narrative whenever some former Trump administration official has a falling out with Trump.

BTW: NPR receives only 1% of its budget from federal grants from the CPB. I'd think they'd survive if conservatives manage to cut that off. I've personally donated to my local NPR radio station in the past. I like to listen to content that is not dictated by for-profit corporations.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3950550-the-truth-about-nprs-funding-and-its-possible-future/

Oh, and anyone who has ever listened to "Wait, wait ... don't tell me", isn't it a great show?

 

Oh just stop it

House Votes To Cut NPR's Federal Funds
MARCH 17, 20113:28 PM ET
By

Mark Memmott

The House of Representatives just voted 228-192 to bar NPR from receiving any more federal funds. It was a partisan vote, with Republicans voting "aye" and Democrats voting "nay."

As NPR's Audie Cornish reported earlier:

"Two percent of NPR's revenue comes through competitive grants from federal agencies — in the commerce and education departments, for example. But [NPR] member station fees make up another 40 percent of revenue. And the House bill would bar stations from using any federal funds for NPR.

"Republicans on the House Rules Committee said the move to defund the organization this week was sparked by the controversial and edited videos of NPR executives speaking disparagingly of conservatives, and saying NPR did not need federal funding."

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/03/17/134629713/house-votes-to-cut-nprs-federal-funds

 

Reality is biased in the left's favor, so it only makes sense. If you want to trample on reality in order to promote greed, prejudice or religious delusions, you get a republican. Though they certainly should have at least one on their "stuff," so that they can take the pulse of the other side in order to at least account for the craziness.

 

Uh yeah, it's 2%. I know they always sound really desperate begging for more money from listeners, but 2% is hardly beholden to the federal government.

 

As been pointed out, NPR doesn't receive much public funding. That aside, I don't think they should suspend him, but also I don't know the details of that relationship.

 

Well not quire and even that should be ended immediately.

But in fact it is much more as the Congressional Research Service found when they dug through all the hoops and doors.



The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues

Glenn J. McLoughlin Section Research Manager Lena A. Gomez Research Librarian May 3, 2017

Summary The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) receives its funding through federal appropriations; overall, about 15% of public television and 10% of radio broadcasting funding comes from the federal appropriations that CPB distributes. CPB’s appropriation is allocated through a distribution formula established in its authorizing legislation and has historically received two-year advanced appropriations. Congressional policymakers are increasingly interested in the federal role in supporting CPB due to concerns over the federal debt, the role of the federal government funding for public radio and television, and whether public broadcasting provides a balanced and nuanced approach to covering news of national interest.
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Let's just end the Corporation for Public Broadcast and and NPR and PBS et al can survive on their own.

 

You cannot speak out against your employer. That has been established by rightists thoroughly.

 

You are correct and we get to judge the employer on the reasons they objected to the persons speech and hold them accountable for their blatant lies and hypocrisy don't we.

Do you actually believe NPR with it's total Dem editorial and content board is completely unbiased. NPR has NOT said the guy is wrong or refuted anything.

 

Oh yes it does, and here is the link. If it going to be 100% progressive agency, it should get 0% public funding.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3950550-the-truth-about-nprs-funding-and-its-possible-future/

 

Glad he has a good job. It has no bearing on this discussion, however.

 

You can't criticize your employer. If he wants free reign, he can start his own company.

 

The news business is a little different. If you are supposed to be an even handed, unbiased source, you need to have conservative voices. If you are passing yourself off as the The New Republic, The Nation or Mother Jones magazines, then everyone knows what you are and conservatives need not apply. If not, then you should get 100% of your funding from the private sector, like MSNBC.

 

you do realize that your link is 13 years old, don’t you?????

https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances#nprrevenues

 

The Inconvenient Truth:

“NPR may receive little direct federal funding, but a good deal of its budget comprises federal funds that flow to it indirectly by federal law. Here’s how it works: Under the terms of the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act, funds are allocated annually to a non-governmental agency, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, overseen by a board of presidential appointees.”
THE HILL, The truth about NPR’s funding — and its possible future, BY HOWARD HUSOCK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 04/17/23 7:30 AM ET.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3950550-the-truth-about-nprs-funding-and-its-possible-future/

 

Twitter noted that NPR is a "government affiliated" source. That is a fact. That does not mean that everything reported by NPR is a lie.

"Here’s where things get tricky. Local stations, if they want to broadcast “All Things Considered,” “Fresh Air” and other programming produced by NPR or competitors such as American Public Radio, must pay for it. Indeed, in its consolidated financial statement for 2021, NPR reported $90 million in revenue from “contracts from customers,” a significant portion of its $279 million and much more than 1 percent. Such revenue was exceeded only by corporate sponsorships, which totaled $121 million. One can think of these funds as federal grants that have been sent from Washington — but returned to it.

What’s more, local stations are actually required by law to do so. The 1967 act specifies that, of funds they received from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, “23 percent of such amounts shall be available for distribution among the licensees and permittees of public radio stations solely to be used for acquiring or producing programming that is to be distributed nationally and is designed to serve the needs of a national audience.”
THE HILL, The truth about NPR’s funding — and its possible future, BY HOWARD HUSOCK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 04/17/23 7:30 AM ET.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3950550-the-truth-about-nprs-funding-and-its-possible-future/

 

Almost nothing it says is a lie. But everything it says is wrapped in liberal ideology. Listen to it every time a drive. I spend the listening time laughing to myself most of the time because everything drips in bias. I don't have a problem with bias. I have a huge problem with government being in the media business. I view it as unconstitutional.