NPR's new CEO, Katherine Maher, shrugged off widespread looting and property damage during the 2020 riots, saying it was "Hard to be mad" about the destruction.
Maher's posts are emerging as NPR battles claims that it suffers from a left-wing bias that has gotten a lot worse over the past 10 years.
On April 9, senior editor Uri Berliner wrote an op-ed for the Free Press titled, "I've Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust," in which he lamented how the outlet developed a "Devastating" bias over the years.
"It's true NPR has always had a liberal bent, but during most of my tenure here, an open-minded, curious culture prevailed. We were nerdy, but not knee-jerk, activist, or scolding," Berliner wrote.
"In recent years that has changed. Today, those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find something different: the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population." Berliner, a senior editor "On the business desk," admitted to having a liberal bent himself.
"We weren't just losing conservatives; we were also losing moderates and traditional liberals. An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don't have an audience that reflects America." "That wouldn't be a problem for an openly polemical news outlet serving a niche audience," he continued.
The outlet's chief news executive, Edith Chapin, stood behind NPR's work in an April 10 statement.
https://freebeacon.com/media/nprs-new-ceo-downplayed-looting-property-damage-during-2020-riots/
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