The NPR controversy.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The NPR controversy. On April 9, National Public Radio's longtime business editor Uri Berliner published an essay in The Free Press titled "I've Been at NPR for Over 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust." Berliner detailed his experience at the network, castigating it for a leftward lurch that has left many of its longtime listeners disenchanted and moving on to other news sources.
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| 1:00.6 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the NPR controversy, a little bit about Uri Berliner, what he did, what came of it, and my take on all the fallout |
| 1:15.5 | from this essay that he wrote in the free press, which if you haven't heard about, we're going to |
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