This Mediaite article is very one-sided---not necessarily wrong, but definitely one-sided. Ironically, I liked the NPR article by David Folkenflik that it links to better: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244962042/npr-editor-uri-ber...

Among other details in Folkenflik's piece is that the 5-day suspension without pay was part of a "final warning":

In presenting Berliner's suspension Thursday afternoon, the organization told the editor he had failed to secure its approval for outside work for other news outlets, as is required of NPR journalists. It called the letter a "final warning," saying Berliner would be fired if he violated NPR's policy again.

I liked Berliner's response to a question of whether he was worried for being fired for not getting permission to talk to Folkenflik:

Berliner says he did not get permission from NPR to speak with me for this story but that he was not worried about the consequences: "Talking to an NPR journalist and being fired for that would be extraordinary, I think."

I guess we'll see how extraordinary NPR considers it.

NPR was been a constant presence in my life starting when I was young and continued in to middle age.

But around the time of the pandemic I stopped. I can't put my finger on any one thing but it's no longer a place I go to get information. I've found this is something common in my social circles too.

Not sure I agree with all of the original essay but something changed at NPR and I just don't listen anymore.

Being very factual is what makes NPR liberal news. It’s so slanted, in fact I don’t think a single liberal would deny that this is exactly why they tune in! The savages are literally just listening to what they want to hear!

This is no closet conservative. His mother was a co-founder of the women's studies program at Sarah Lawrence and a famous lesbian rights activist. He won the Peabody. I don't listen to the radio, but if Uri Berliner says they've gone too far, they probably have.

Now that they've punished the conservative, I'm sure NPR will regain the trust of Americans. /s