asterism
Congress != Progress
My concern is that the more sponsorship NPR get's from private foundations and corporations, the more likely it is that they will be influenced by those entities. With government grants and funding, there is little chance that program content will be influenced.In my opinion, the federal government has no business subsidizing NPR.
As far as being biased to the left, most of the program content is not political. The exception is during election session where politics dominated the news. There are bound to be issues that some conservative will take issue with. The evangelicals will claim bias on any program dealing with evolution or creation. The right in general will take issue with most presentations dealing with global climate change.
The cattle have already left the barn on that one.
Plus, what is the virtue of government financing? Don't you think those who get their money from government would serve as advocates for it?
That's not a "free press" by any stretch of the imagination.