NPR needs a serious critique not a politically charged parting shot | Margaret Sullivan

How Uri Berliner went about his complaint made it clear he was not interested in constructive criticism, but a viral moment

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It took only days from Uri Berliner's publishing his fiery essay about his employer, NPR, to his suspension, to his resignation in a blaze of bad-faith glory.

You knew the martyrdom was coming," was how journalist Issac Bailey put it.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist