Let’s graph all their sponsors and their connection to the corporations that also puppet our elected officials. My guess is the vast majority of their funding looks like:

Megacorp -> NPR Megacorp -> Exec -> NPR Megacorp -> Political NGO -> NPR

In addition to the direct Federal grant which is under the control of the same politicians in turn owned by these corporations.

The idea that it’s some independent real news organization is a farce.