Whistleblower NPR editor, Uni Berliner suspended

He expected to be fired. Brave man.

 

OK, then can someone explain why Fox lobbied heavily for the cable fees to be allowed to only be split with certain networks, of which they are one ? And also understad that the government subsidizes cable companies heavily...

 

Then that is a problem. Government has no business subsidizing any business let alone one that carries political programming. I view it as unconstitutional. Obviously the lawyers disagree with me.

 

true … he hosts and produces a weekly show on pop culture and writes and produces another show about crime and how it impacts his city … I firmly believe that his politics don’t affect his narrative … PBS is very strong on facts ….

 

He was suspended because he didn't gain approval prior to working for outside Jews agencies.

You cannot work for a competitor. Plain and simple.

 

Absolute BS.

The majority of their funding comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which was created by Congress and provides its funding.

Who do you think you're fooling?

https://www.cpb.org/appropriation/history

 

That's absolute nonsense. Per their own tax filings, 81.42% of their 2022 income came from public funding.

https://media.npr.org/documents/abo...blic Radio Inc-990-Public Inspection Copy.pdf

Just because the Corporation for Public Broadcasting calls itself a corporation (that gets 100% of its funding from the goverment) doesn't mean it's private money.

NPR is the furthest thing from private.

 

Are they selling these lies on NPR?

CNN? MSNBC?

per their own tax returns, this is false.

 

Or, you could have corporations to pay presenters to lie to you.

A lot of people would find that entertaining.

 

......with a serious liberal bias in the analysis of those facts.

 

NPR is a corporation. Surprise! Sorry you don't understand the difference between government and the private sector.

 

And you believe he would have been suspended if he hadn't said what he said?

 

If you are dumb enough to publicly criticize your employer, you are probably going to get fired, or at least suspended. I don't think he was dumb though, I think simply resented / hated his job, and wanted to stick it to them, knowing he'd get canned. Or maybe he was paid to do it. Who knows.

I wouldn't say 'government'. It was created by Congress, but NPR is 100% in control of the content, and they are funded by the fees from member stations and corporate sponsors, - not the taxpayer.

 

Not true. The great majority of its funding is from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which is a federal government agency. It is basically a government funded medium that also seeks and receives some funds from the public. It is mostly taxpayer paid. They would do fine without the listener donations. They would disappear without the government funding.

 

2% is 2% too much. Not to mention--they double dip---begging for donations, running ads AND receiving tax payer dollars. They should not be beholden to the government in any way if the content is going to be politically bias.

 

NPR funding sources

 

I don't recommend using the numbers NPR provides in its annual report. It is misleading. Here is another opinion. https://www.westernjournal.com/fact-check-much-pbs-npr-revenue-comes-government-funding/

 

So, its 8% based on that opinion. Cool beans.

 

NPR claims to be "independent" during every fund drive. That is a Big Whopper with fries.

This is the Inconvenient Truth:

SOCIAL PANIC,Propaganda, Social Media, Censorship, Media And Privacy Issues
YOUTUBE TO LABEL PBS AS “STATE-FUNDED MEDIA”
February 3, 2018 Edward MS
Source: YouTube to start labeling videos posted by state-funded media – Feb. 2, 2018
The label will apparently apply to any media outlet that distributes content on Youtube and which receives any public funding.
https://socialpanic.org/2018/02/03/youtube-to-label-pbs-as-state-funded-media-2/

 

Now it's being reported that he has resigned as he cannot work with radical left wing anti free speech activist Catherine Maher has been made CEO.

 

You think employees should be able to trash their employer with impunity and claim "free speech"? No. They can exercise their free speech, and then face the music. In this case the 'music' was 5 day suspension, which he took offence to and resigned. End of story.

 

And I'm not implying someone should be officially sanctioned in any way. But tax subsidized non-profit so called free speech platform should be highly ashamed of themselves. I would like to see to it that we stop using taxes to help fund them. Dunno if their non-profit status can be revoked or not. I think to be a non-profit they must be non partisan. Not sure about their case.

 

I agree. The issue is that some consider NPR an arm of government and the first amendment applies to government. He should have been considered a whistleblower instead of an angry employee like any other government whistleblower. But of course there are consequences for trashing an employer. I think NPR would have done the right thing either way.

 

They have a right to their bias. They do not have a right to receive government funding and should receive none. Then this issue would simply go away.

 

It can be more complicated than that. Government gives $1 billion to company x. NPR/PBS receives a "grant" from company x after which, they begin a show, "this show has been brought to you by a grant from company x. How often does that happen expressly because the government wants $ funneled into NPR?
If anything, I hope this episode shines a light on what NPR does, what they have become, that their new CEO is a dedicated anti-free speech Fascist.