NPR Editor Who Claimed Liberal Bias Quits, But Says He Doesn’t Support Defunding Outlet

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Uri Berliner , the veteran NPR editor who accused the outlet of liberal bias earlier this month, announced his resignation on Wednesday.

NPR suspended Berliner after he criticized the public radio network in an op-ed and interview with The Free Press. One day later, he resigned.

“I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years,” he wrote in his resignation, which he posted to X, formerly Twitter.

“I don’t support calls to defund NPR,” Berliner wrote. “I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”

Since Berliner spoke out, NPR has come under intense scrutiny. Conservatives on social media unearthed old social media posts from NPR chief executive Katherine Maher in which she criticized Donald Trump and expressed progressive views on issues from Black Lives Matter protests to trans issues.

This story is developing and will be updated.