National Public Radio’s new chief executive, Katherine Maher, is facing growing scrutiny for comments she made years before stepping into her post which suggested, to critics, a disinterest in “the truth.”  

Ms. Maher came into her role last month — her first at a news organization, as Elon Musk pointed out. Yet she has quickly found herself at the center of a scandal sparked by veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner and his bombshell essay charging that the institution has “lost America’s trust.” In his resignation statement on Wednesday, he said he was “disparaged” in the newsroom by the chief executive and her “divisive views.”