How My NPR colleague failed at "viewpoint diversity"

> Is there a “larger point” that too many elite journalists share similar backgrounds, and think the same way in assigning and shaping stories? Yes, I think so, but it’s a subtle issue that has more to do with people’s educations, experiences and associations than with partisan registration. There’s less of a headline in that. And it’s an issue that NPR has tried to address with some of the people it has promoted, and by leaning more heavily on reports from our local stations across America.

> Many journalists describe the debate within their profession as not so much left vs. right as younger vs. older, or old-school journalism vs. a more activist position. Such debates can be good; but sometimes the traditionalists have fallen silent or struggled to find the language to hold up their end of the discussion. Uri was one who spoke openly, but ineffectively. He didn’t work any of the beats he complained about, which might be why his critique misfired so wildly.

This is exactly how I felt reading Uri's piece - NPR clearly has viewpoint issues, but not having enough registered Republicans or obsessing over the Biden laptop story did not seem like valid examples.

I appreciate that Steve Inskeep didn't just stick with how Uri was superficially wrong, but actually engaged in fair faith here with the point Uri was trying to make.

Tangentially, the knives are out on the right for NPR and its new CEO. (what else is new, right?).

https://www.findinggravity.net/p/the-new-york-times-is-a-rig...

Berliner's piece is part of that effort.