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Apr 19, 2024

Kathleen had an Irish father and Hispanic mother. She grew up in a trailer park, attended public schools and a midwestern state college. She became a librarian and now teaches the history of books and libraries at a university. (She gave up the New Yorker in 2008).

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On Uri Berliner's Resignation from NPR

Matt Taibbi

Apr 17

Last week, NPR senior editor Uri Berliner rattled the media world with a tell-all piece in The Free Press, “I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.” He detailed a series of problems, including what he described as a transition from a “liberal bent” to a more “knee-jerk, activist, [and] scolding” posture, representing the “distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population.” He also described serious coverage failures surrounding Russiagate, the Hunter Biden laptop story, and Covid-19.

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