Uri Berliner, the veteran NPR editor who was ousted after penning his bombshell essay about the left-wing takeover of the newsroom, knocked CEO Katherine Maher for breaking the "firewall" that is supposed to separate NPR's journalism from its business side.
Speaking at the Dissident Dialogues festival on Saturday, Berliner revealed that one of the "big factors" that motivated him to go public with his concerns about NPR's ideological groupthink was Maher's arrival in March. He hoped the new CEO could "turn a new leaf" for the outlet.
"As I said in my essay, we're welcoming a CEO, I'll be rooting for her because I thought, okay, maybe this is the time to bring this up. We've got new leadership. Maybe this is the time we could really tackle these things," Berliner said.
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