NPR editor who accused outlet of liberal bias resigns

Uri Berliner said he ‘respected the integrity’ of colleagues at NPR. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

An editor at National Public Radio who publicly accused the news organization of having a liberal bias and a growing absence of “viewpoint diversity” has resigned, days after being suspended without pay.

On Wednesday, Uri Berliner posted a screenshot of his resignation letter to NPR’s CEO, Katherine Maher, in which he wrote: “I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years.