NPR CEO calls First Amendment the 'number one challenge' in American journalism ... trends now
NPR's new chief executive Katherine Maher called the First Amendment the 'number one challenge' in American journalism during a panel discussion.
Maher, 40, noted the First Amendment provides a 'fairly robust protection of rights,' making it 'a little tricky to address some of the real challenges of where bad information comes from.'
These comments were made during an online panel discussion at the 360/Open Summit held by the Atlantic Council in 2021.
The clip went viral after whistleblower editor Uri Berliner was suspended for speaking out about the outlet's progressive bias the last week.
Berliner announced his resignation on Wednesday, stating, 'I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems I cite in my Free Press essay.'
NPR's new chief executive Katherine Maher called the First Amendment the 'number one challenge' in American journalism during a panel discussion in 2021
The clip went viral after whistleblower editor Uri Berliner(pictured) was suspended for speaking out about the outlet's progressive bias the last week
'The number one challenge that we see here is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States,' Maher said at the panel hosted by the Atlantic Council's research lab, where she served as a nonresident senior fellow.
According to the organization's release, she discussed fighting censorship, addressing diversity, and building trust based on her experience as the former CEO of Wikimedia, which owns Wikipedia.
The clip has now gone viral on X, with Elon Musk reposting and saying, 'This keeps getting crazier! The head of NPR hates the Constitution of the USA.'
Maher recently made national headlines after former NPR editor Berliner 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.'
Berliner claimed the publicly funded broadcaster became an activist organization obsessed with pushing progressive ideals.
In response to the 25-year NPR veteran's article, the network suspended him for five days for violating its policy of working or reporting for another outlet without permission, starting Friday.
He resigned on Wednesday, saying 'I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don't support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism.'
Maher insisted in a statement that the company remains
