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NPR has suspended a whistleblower editor who exposed the network's liberal bias, as its chief grapples with old tweets revealing her hatred of Donald Trump.
Editor Uri Berliner sparked a storm last week as he penned an open essay for The Free Press, where he slammed the outlet for being made up almost entirely of Democrats which he argued 'lost America's trust.'
In response to the 25-year NPR veteran's article, the network suspended him for five days for violating its policy of working for reporting for another outlet without permission, starting Friday.
NPR's chief executive Katherine Maher insisted in a statement that the company remains committed to 'serving all of the American public', however Berliner added in an interview that the emergence of Maher's old tweets undercuts her message.
The tweets in question included a veiled shot at Trump branding him a 'deranged racist sociopath', and sharing her support for President Biden by sharing selfies wearing his campaign hats.
NPR business editor Uri Berliner has been suspended after he sparked a storm last week, penning an open essay slamming the outlet's liberal bias
Berlinger argued in his article that NPR has 'lost America's trust' because it was filled almost entirely by Democrats
Berliner confirmed his suspension as he sat down for a follow-up interview with NPR, and the network said he would be fired if he overstepped again.
But the business editor didn't pull any punches as he spoke of Maher's resurfaced tweets, which he argued make her unable to steer the taxpayer-funded company in a moderate and fair way.
'We're looking for a leader right now who's going to be unifying and bring more people into the tent and have a broader perspective on, sort of, what America is all about,' he said.
'And this seems to be the opposite of that.'
The tweets also included Maher saying: 'I do wish Hillary wouldn't use the language of "boy and girl" - it's erasing language for non-binary people.'
In November 2020, she tweeted: 'Lots of jokes about leaving the US, and I get it. But as someone with cis white mobility privilege, I'm thinking I'm staying and investing in ridding ourselves of this spectre of tyranny.'
Amid the BLM riots, Maher also contended: 'I mean sure, looting is counterproductive. But it's
