NPR’s Whistleblower QUITS Following Suspension

Fifty NPR employees called for a written rebuke to editor Uri Berliner's essay in The Free Press. He has since resigned. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Your Support is Crucial to the Show: tyt.com/team
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"Uri Berliner, a senior editor at NPR who penned an op-ed last week accusing the broadcaster of liberal bias, has resigned from the company.
In social media post Wednesday, Berliner published his resignation letter to NPR leadership in which he called the network “a great American institution” and distanced himself from recent calls to “defund” the outlet."
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[@KillerBebe]

I know it has been said so many times, but it is so true when people say I never left the left, but the left has left me. I like to hear the truth, I may not like it but in the long run it is better to know the truth.

[@chickmcgee1000]

He was one of their classically liberal people who are worked in the days of real journalism at NPR. In the days when you considered NPR, a truly credible source of news, I’m glad to see that my trust in him was never miss placed.

[@elmer.joannreifel7338]

In High school journalism was reporting the facts. Editorials were opinion pieces WRITTEN BY EDITORS. I used to enjoy NPR and BBC but they forgot their mandate and began left leaning op eds for broadcasts in general. Kudos to Mr. Berliner for speaking up. It takes a lot of courage to "Face the music".

[@davealmighty9638]

NPR will end up being defunded.

[@1970sugan]

He was fired by the woke npr execs…

[@albertusvanlubeeck9161]

Sadly the majority of people are not just okay with the current system, they defend it.

[@deebee4575]

This guy is just exposing what at least half the country already knew since about 2015. NPR, etc, is a sham.

[@AsheAve]

She still doesn’t realize you can’t “nudge” 87-0 Democrats to be honest.

[@patland1762]

Domestic journalism has changed to be more editorial in most cases. This is why a large part of my news sources are from other countries.

[@hometownhero25]

I'm down with Ana Kasparian latetly, what happened?

[@elmer.joannreifel7338]

We would not have to go shopping around to various news sources if they actually did journalism based on facts. People should be able to hear differing views without having a hissy fit or respond without insulting the other side. It is called maturity.

[@jimfausset8122]

What happened to Anna boy she's making a lot of common sense

[@VooduWizard]

First rule of NPR propaganda outlet is to not call it propaganda. lmfao

[@debisettles4745]

Thought retaliation was illegal against whistleblowers??

[@matriximaster]

Only if you are not a Democrat book licker.

[@whitegd4100]

This lady is becoming so based and I’m here for it. We welcome you into the Republican Party aka the Conservative Party aka gods party whenever you’re ready!!!!

[@BenJammin1]

It's a trap

[@DaisyPusher]

65 comments but they say “no comments” when I click.. anyone else not see the comments?

[@hayorge27]

Yea our thoughts overlords at youtube have to ask the government if what you say is safe to talk about in public without hurting ANYONE'S feelings

[@DaisyPusher]

@@hayorge27 they aren’t worried about feelings. They are suppressing knowledge that may eventually lead to the downfall of the empire

[@fpsKlown]

Imagine if you will, a world where Ana isn't a hypocrite and adheres to journalistic integrity, like she says others should.

[@Mo-fi4fv]

Ana kasparian is getting red pilled in real time 👍🏼.

[@sudahb]

Taxpayer funded media should be held to very strict rules as to bias and ignoring actual news.

[@NateFord]

Their funding accounts for like 0.0000001% of your taxes

[@factjuniorroll]

@@NateFord Sure but we all chip in for the benefit of getting Public media that should live up to considering all relevant sides of public issues. They shouldn’t be defunded imo. But it definitely should at least give you pause on what may be going on internally

[@JohnDoe-ne1ni]

Notice Cenk isn't talking on this lol, the left media refused to report on this

[@paulsulley314]

In the 80s and 90s , I was an active listener and supporter of NPR, now I can't stand the whole network. Their bias stinks. Wow, Ana has a Eureka moment, that I discovered before the turn of the millennium. Defund NPR!

[@lindacovington8246]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU 💯% JUST TOO LIBERAL & TOO WOKE IN MY OPINION ~ EASY SOLUTION TO THIS SITUATION ~ JUST TURN NPR'S PROGRAMS OFF‼️

[@whatabouttheearth]

Something don't make sense with your comment, you would be in William Bennetts camp during the 80s and down with what he wanted to do to public broadcast. It's a common and repeating US conservative tactic whenever reality doesn't agree with them.

[@matriximaster]

Right. They NEVER corrected or apologized for the years of lies about Russia.

[@philipboardman1357]

I used to be a pretty regular listener to NPR, even as they took a strong left turn. Then they fired Juan Williams for the most absurd reason imaginable, and I just stopped listening.

[@maynardyorke]

Ana is on fire here

[@PerryScanlon]

I've been listening to NPR for years and wondering the same thing.

[@StormGod29]

I did listen to NPR for decades until about 10 years ago when I started noticing exactly the shift that Uri describes. I stopped listening to NPR at all about 5 years ago with the exception of Sci Fridays. It is sad and as a US taxpayer, outrageous that the coverage has shifted to nearly as biased as Fox News.

[@luchacefox259]

N.ational P.ropaganda R.adio

[@markherbert1978]

I’m an old school liberal who has listened to NPR for decades. The difference is palpable to my ears. Sure NPR has always had tendencies, but the shift to the left has been ham fisted at best.

[@abdulraja1151]

Imagine that . NPR is censoring , they can only report what the CEO (Kathryn Marr ) the editor reports to the CEO . She is still accountable . We can’t all be Woke and atheists !NPR has become a dinosaur!

[@Wackalacka]

Yes that wokeness is catching on. I remember when it was the political correctness and dei and caravans and immigrants. The gop goes from stupid culture war to stupid culture war

[@MauriSky2437]

I knew I was hearing a difference, growing, perhaps growth! Awesome. Let no one else, group, or otherwise dictate your perspectives.

[@shankbrooks5411]

Good job Anna

[@thelordakira]

NPR CEO says "the NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE" to censor "bad information" is the "First Amendment"

[@davidtaylo5573]

I love red pilled Anna😊

[@RageQuit29]

She’s not redpilled. She’s woken up on some issues but as cenk says in this video, they are hurting for money

[@jhill4874]

The CEO can fire anyone in the organization, so Katherine Maher's political leanings does have a serious effect on NPR's reporting. I remember WAAAAAY back that NPR was pretty much anti Bernie Sanders in their reporting.

[@juanwilliams3423]

Journalism the real facts should be most important

[@DaisyPusher]

I’m only being shown 4 comments out of the 114 comments. Anyone else?

[@joebeezy9471]

If they relied on facts they wouldn’t have to censor. The truth will always prevail. The only way a lie can prevail is through censorship.

[@SaltyAmerican]

Has anyone else noticed that diversity seems to only come in one color ?

[@tarafunson]

What colors should diversity include?

[@SaltyAmerican]

@@tarafunson all

[@tarafunson]

@@SaltyAmerican good answer! White is already represented so now we need to include the others

[@keeroe2020]

@@tarafunson Like red AND blue?

[@SaltyAmerican]

Im all about that but we all see it when dei moves in within a short time everyone working there ends up one color . And usually it ain't white !

[@ShawnPatton-rm2hv]

I think that a lack of trust is a significant factor for not hearing an opposing opinion.

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

ana crying about the bird story... Meanwhile only a few days ago tyt covered a story about the dating app that shows their date's penis. Yea sometimes you can do softer stories. Not every single story needs to be about the downfall of countries At very least dont be a hypocrite

[@ThomasMullaly-do9lz]

Maybe someone will start a defund NPR like has happened in Canada with the CBC.. Nobody that is working class watches the CBC in Canada. Taxes fund the CBC and they represent the view of a tiny minority and the Liberal party.

[@12knots]

I say defund npr! Too biased!

[@georgeconklin8794]

Right wing republican here getting g perspective from the other side. A lot more of us out here than you think.

[@bobbyquinting3918]

I am 57 yrs. old. When I was 19, I bought a shortwave radio. I listened to NPR (before they became a syndicate) and the content was a lot better back then.

[@markford5198]

State Run Media

[@waldograde]

He resigned - wasn’t “pushed out.” Apparently, he was offended by some critical comments of him by the CEO. I didn’t see those remarks…

[@thelordakira]

the new CEO that said facts were not as important as influence.

[@franklegarda6510]

I've listened to NPR for 20 years from when I get in my car to go to work to listen to the radio at work and listen to NPR on my way home and yes it has changed a lot Ana probably knows how this guy feels

[@user-yf6tr2lh1f]

Yeah he hit a nerve by speaking the truth. It happens all the time.

[@eniselmenic5056]

It is mere opinion to say that reporting bad news about trumps misdeeds and lies was intended to hurt trump politically... a stupid opinion... because it was clearly newsworthy. Do you think a credible news source would have some barstool ornament on for an interview to share his opinion that trump was right about grabbing women by the...?

[@omartriplett]

Good job, Anna. I'm not being sarcastic. good job. I mean that because I don't normally listen to or agree with TYT, but you guys, I do agree with you today.

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

Liberal Bias... Like when "commenting" on their work became a no no. It was Just for Them.

[@karleenfoley4405]

I do...and if it helps you to not burn out Anna... I want the truth and I want to consider both sides before siding on an issue...AND THAT IS WHY I WATCH AND TRUST TYT!!!! So, you have to keep on keeping on sister, and thank you. I can't imagine how hard these political times must be on journalists.

[@AwakenedFromWoke]

Defund NPR

[@user-yf6tr2lh1f]

Come on Ana. Do you think you can change the opinions of Joy Reid of AOC. It would be the same with NPR. Uri never had a chance.

[@eniselmenic5056]

Joy and AOC change opinions based on facts and evidence... they are not republicans... neither is NPR... that's why they are the most trustworthy news source.

[@Wackalacka]

Yeah go watch fox news and get lied to all day that is much better

[@thelordakira]

the new head at NPR, said facts not as important as influence.

[@mummler]

I'm a 61-year-old white American woman. I live in the Duluth Minnesota area. I used to respect journalism but I think it's lost it's way. Most of it is are you left or are you right and hardly any of that is what you see right in front of you. I remember being able to turn on the news and what I seen was honest reporting. Not anymore I don't see it anymore. Between the written word and what I see on the television nobody's taking it honest look at what's going on around the world. I don't see any reporting on how many bases Russia has in Africa or how much China is taking over South America. None of this has been on the news The only thing I see these days is crap on the news.

[@estherlau3265]

I listen to NPR every day. They interview people from every political party.

[@RageQuit29]

Pic checks out

[@briankaul1201]

Of 87 op ed writers that NPR has on staff, 87 of them are registered Democrats. That's not really an ideologically balanced workforce.

[@bestdjaf7499]

Of course they are not openly pushing propaganda like Fox or MSNBC, but that guy explained what they do. And he said that more Conservatives & Centrists used to listen to NPR. I used to be in the "TYT Army". Sometimes I would disagree, but I thought they had enough good reporting. But reporting on Syria in 2012, the straw that broke the camel's back. Cenk would say that they have never promoted the Syrian war. I disagree. And you don't have to believe me, just listen to Jimmy Dore. He says the same. (And I stopped watching TYT way before Jimmy left. And I've never even liked Jimmy).

[@bestdjaf7499]

And I've heard a lot of guys who said that they have stopped listening to NPR. The Left Wing people. A lot of them came out in the past few years saying that they can't listen to NPR anymore.

[@JayBXcellent]

How would we know that NPR is not only interviewing black Democrat women if that information is not collected and analyzed somewhere. But data is creepy Ana 😐

[@derrick8206]

My favorite bird name is the 'Tufted Titmouse'.

[@Semper_Iratus]

No diversity or inclusion of thought will be tolerated at npr.

[@DSTH323]

He was there 25 years. He knew the score a lot better than thee. He knew what was left for him to do.

[@AceOnBase1]

Whaaat is this unbiased reporting from TYT?? Im in the wrong timeline lol

[@marioposavec7897]

This sounds like Black Rock buying and controling NPR

[@thelordakira]

in this case, i think they did not even need to.

[@bricriu]

It must be tiring being so self-righteous every minute of every day.

[@FDR_progressive_liberal]

Seems like he would be more at home with Bari Weiss than NPR. Good riddance.

[@What-Drives-You]

You have become a voice of reason in the unreasonable times.

[@CharlieHP1]

Ana: "I don't understand what the motive is here" At the top management level, the motive is to (1) incite the emotions of their audience to increase engagement while (2) not offending any corporate sponsors or advertisers. Media have discovered that in a competitive landscape, the most reliable way to build an audience is by eliciting emotional reactions. If you can get people angry or outraged, they'll keep watching. BUT the problem is that all the most outrageous crimes are committed by the oligarchs and corporations, so how to you incense and outrage your audience without offending your sponsors? Of course the answer is that you have to invent new fake things for people to be outraged about that aren't threats to monopoly interests. Welcome to the last 20 years of America. It is done by both left and right media. Instead of Boeing putting your family's lives at risk with shoddy engineering and cost-cutting, it was DEI that made Boeing planes dangerous (/s). Our healthcare outcomes have nothing to do with our healthcare system costing 2x-3x as much per capita as other similarly wealthy countries, our pharmaceutical companies that charge us 100x+ as much for the same drugs are perfect angels, the real threat to our healthcare system are trump voters buying up all the horse medicine (/s).

[@Dreikoo]

News are supposed to lose money, that's the point, you're not supposed to chase a profit, cause that inherently biases you and incentivizes you to not be objective and pick sides. You're supposed to do it altruistically as a volunteer, not in a mercenary fashion. You shouldn't need an audience to support it.

[@Dreikoo]

@@user-np4fn4kr9h Nah, if you sell ads you are beholden to the advertisers, their standards for propriety will dictate the sort of content you are allowed to make, your presentation style, age rating, a bunch of stuff. Back 7ish years ago there was this event called the "adpocalypse" where a ton of youtubers who were reliant on advertisers were left out in the cold after a move from advertisers to pull their ads, and to avoid that they changed the way in which they did content, actively worsening the experience for everyone who actually enjoyed the content as it was, but ensuring a safe environment for conservative advertisers. In such a situation, everyone loses except the advertisers.

[@coffeebuzz69]

I stopped listening to NPR after 2019, when it seemed like EVERY piece on the radio became about identity and no longer about policies and events that impact everyone.

[@unnilnonium]

Really I have always thought that NPR bent over backwards to not seem too liberal and was always bothsidesing things, introducing conservative bias through the back door. I had no doubt most of the people there were liberals

[@janetwhite7786]

Gosh, lady YOU ARE SO CLOSE! Bravo to you anyhow. Give me freedom any day, thank you. And which side is encouraging the exercise of our God-given freedoms? Ill give u a minute....

[@sircolinlesleyrowling]

It ain't the republi'cons 👈💩

[@jonjimihendrix]

Your god-given freedom to deny others theirs? Yeah, no. Nobody’s given you that freedom or right, as *you are not better than anyone else* . Once you deny rights to one group, they can take away anyone’s. Do you like voting? Because the Dems would like to protect your right to keep doing it. What need does a “dictator on day 1” have for your vote, or anyone’s? And where else have I heard “just the tip?”

[@janetwhite7786]

@@jonjimihendrix ill bite... how is this 70 year old pensioner interfering with anothers freedom? Unless you are talking about the freedom to murder a baby, i dont see it.

[@jonjimihendrix]

@@janetwhite7786go read Project 2025

[@charlesmartin5704]

How long before Ana gets "let go" for for being a fair and unbiased journalist. Cent aint gonna like this lol

[@akhost3929]

She should join Krystal Ball and Sagar over at Breaking Points

[@andyrichardson7558]

I'd describe myself as a pragmatic leftist - not a radical at all - but I consider NPR to be defenders of the status quo. Their leftist leanings are pretty limited. Closer to being "limousine liberals" than anything else. And there are not two sets of facts that need to be reported. It's OK to dismiss obviously false arguments instead of giving those ideas airtime as long as you present the facts truthfully. Maybe I'd buy that we should expect better from NPR than many, many other news organizations but I'm not convinced that the reaction to this story is anything more than clutching at pearls.

[@diranshouse7061]

There shouldn't be much of an argument being made. Just an honest presentation of the facts. The moment you start making arguments, then it's an act of activism rather than reporting. As for expecting more from NPR, well if you are anything other than an identitarian leftist, very little about what NPT considers 'reporting' passes as truthful. They take a ridiculous angle to stories that purposely blurred or erase all context and by extension the truth

[@keeroe2020]

So is your defense of "obvious false arguments."

[@unsunghero6916]

Rejection of Biden and Ana’s awakening to the insanity of the left, are the reasons I subbed.

[@diranshouse7061]

Ana has gone full rogue. And I'm loving every second of it. Who's have thought id listen to TYT for something to applaud!😊

[@mambojazz1]

👎🏿

[@Wackalacka]

She sounds like regular corporate media. What is so special about that

[@arcedavida]

His comments that they bare too kind to Palestinians undercuts the rest of his points. Sigh

[@kennethjohnson2983]

Nazis shouldn't have a voice, better left than wrong.

[@TheRoguelement]

The chances are that he very likely did present & inform his Bosses and they did nothing as he grew weary of waiting he took matter's in his own hands ...

[@ohnopleasesayitaintso]

Ana it seems to be time for a break...you look to hate everything that you report.

[@irenes3470]

Used to listen to npr exclusively, but about 10 yrs ago I had to walk away

[@lindacovington8246]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU 💯? NPR HAS BECOME TOO LIBERAL & TOO WOKE IN MY OPINION ‼️I DON'T WANT ANY US TAXPAPER'S MONEY SUPPORTING PROPAGANDA LIBERAL VIEWS TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE ✍️💌

[@julie2673]

Anna has really grown as a journalist.

[@franklegarda6510]

I agree with you it's brave to say the truth in the Lion's den

[@roseorozco1384]

TYT is fair on both sides ! Reporting on EVERYTHING FOR TRUST AND TRUTH 🙏🏼🙌🏼 gracias TYT

[@user-yf6tr2lh1f]

Ana I am really learning to appreciate you more. You've got guts.

[@TomisaLami]

Hold on he quit because NPR is “lefty” If anything it’s gone further to the right in the last few years than anything else

[@vandal280]

I just can't agree that talking about race inevitably leads to a hostile work environment. It's an important topic

[@diranshouse7061]

One of the greatest lies of the 21st Century in the West is the idea that incessantly talking about race improves it! Has to be the greatest con job ever pulled. The only thing the hyper focus on race does is deepen the division. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to notice that race relations are getting worse in spite of racism itself being far better than it ever was. Shout out to black folks who lived in the 40s and 50s. Whoever is behind this push ) and I'm absolutely certain it's some foreign power or multiple powers) causing internal discord amongst Americans is the easiest way to topple America. It's so obvious that it pains me that so many can't see it. It's simply an easy tool for division.

[@GREYGANDALF]

Ok I'm starting to like Anna❤

[@robertarchuleta657]

Down with nrp, racist divisive rhetoric.

[@ZeeLedge777]

Who didn't know n o r was left wing??

[@patriciamarkham6999]

I am so tired of hearing about idiots talking about racism, anti-abortion, anti-lgbtq, etc. I have probably said some things that might sound racist to some people but this isn't how it was usually meant when i said it. I try very hard to see the humans around us, but it's hard to see the idiots as humans. I worked at Busch gardens for 8 years & had several encounters with racists. I was talking to a co-worker who was from Micronesia & had a guest ask me "how I could work with her?" I told him, "Why shouldn't I work with her? Is it because she has a better tan than I do?" He just turned & walked away. The co-worker laughed.

[@jasonariola6363]

NPR sucks

[@kathybeeson4350]

God Bless you young lady.

[@RichardLongsnifferJrIII]

Good clip Anna. People seek a comfortable mind over truth

[@drakehu788]

What news outlet isn’t biased? Don’t need a whistleblower to figure this out

[@snoopy6867]

You’re assuming that everything he is saying is true. Remember. You said, “fact check”.

[@ASaund-qb6wy]

So. You see from the Hamas stuff that he’s a horrible right wing bigot but you don’t see how he’s manipulating you on other issues. He’s lying. It’s a thing they do.

[@sandystrait3878]

You mean liberals in general or NPR specifically?

[@hapexamendar1093]

TYT are sounding all grown up compared with other lefties. This is the TYT I know and like. Don’t agree on everything, but you guys are an honest perspective….Keep it up!!

[@edwardkim8972]

Wow. Even The Young Turks is concerned with the biased direction NPR is heading towards!... 🤦🏻‍♂️ I noticed the persistent bias way back in 2015 and I stopped listening to NPR around that time. However, I'm still surprised at how far the bias has gone.... 😓 Government funding needs to be removed from NPR. NPR no longer services the public good anymore.... 😕

[@MajICReiki]

While here I am, worried about the direction TYT is going. She said no credible evidence of foreign election report. Cites the mEuler report, though that report is far from the only or final investigation which has brought charges against who? Russians. Russian spies, FBI impeachment witnesses informed by who? Russian informants, spreading disinformation for shame President Biden impeachment. As Ana states "Its not helpful to omit information to the audience" about NPR...😑

[@StormGod29]

I had the same experience with NPR. It became so obviously and overtly biased that it just turned me off. I've gone elsewhere. Now I'm realizing that the American taxpayer is paying for this and that is not right. We should yank their funding until/unless they become neutral.

[@edwardkim8972]

@@StormGod29 agreed!

[@epinkus]

No such thing as “free press” anymore in the United States 😢

[@LTzEz03z]

The first tyt video on which I've ever hit like.

[@aprilvilliar7907]

Same here, Ana. The world has gone a bit mad

[@renardleblanc5556]

Hi hello: I'm here for the straight dope. As a Canadian, I've noticed a stark difference between our media environments... the CBC tends stay neutral in reporting, and I can generally trust them to be a reliable source. For what it's worth, the US media has been going downhill since the FCC got rid of the Equal Time rules. It's all profit motive.

[@JohnnyBravo-gm9jo]

I dont think media outlets have an obligation to be ideologically diverse

[@dp87479]

Good content, positive changes at TyT are evident

[@arichster]

I've been a regular listener of NPR since its inception. I appreciate your reporting here and there certainly are probably reporters who are more liberal than not at NPR. That said, there is a knee-jerk reaction to "give equal time to both sides" even when one of those sides espouses lies which have already been disproven. That's not journalism. That's assembly line automation. There is nothing more NPR than the NPR Politics Podcast and if you listen to that you will have a very good balance an analytical perspective that is essentially devoid of political leanings. I'm sure Mr Berliner has experienced those things he complains of within NPR. But for the most part, I'm not upset when stories are left out where the story itself is premised on falsehood.

[@joebeezy9471]

Wow. You are wrong. NPR is extremely left leaning. There is nothing about them that can be considered “balanced”

[@jrip4789]

I had a hard time understanding your take on the bird story. Was Anna angry that NPR covered it? Was she angry that Uri took it seriously? For me, the fact that NPR would publish a story that bird names are racist is telling and suggests that Uri had a point.

[@Keyser666]

NPR is just propaganda now, he's better off.

[@bricriu]

You're activists masquerading as journalists criticizing activists masquerading as journalists... the cognitive dissonance is off the chart.