NPR under fire after it suspends editor detesting newsroom partisanship: 'Hard left propaganda machine'

NPR is under fire again, this time for punishing the veteran editor who took his concerns public about the liberal takeover of its newsroom.

The organization's in-house media correspondent David Folkenflik reported Tuesday that Uri Berliner, NPR's senior business editor who wrote the bombshell essay about his employer's bias, was placed on a five-day suspension without pay that began Friday.

"It angered many of his colleagues, led NPR leaders to announce monthly internal reviews of the network's coverage, and gave fresh ammunition to conservative and partisan Republican critics of NPR, including former President Donald Trump," Folkenflik wrote.

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The news quickly went viral on social media.

"NBC was unwilling to tolerate a *single* Republican. NPR is unwilling to tolerate a *single* journalist," Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway reacted.

"This is shameful yet predictable. We don’t need state-backed media in the U.S.," former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wrote.

"NPR has become a hard left propaganda machine that tolerates no dissent," X owner Elon Musk declared.

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The suspension, which was handed down on Thursday, was reportedly based on Berliner violating NPR's policy of seeking approval before "outside work" for other news platforms. Berliner was apparently given a "final warning" that would result in his firing if he violated such policies again.

Folkenflik also reported that "several" NPR journalists told him they refuse to work with Berliner going forward "as they no longer have confidence that he will keep private their internal