I used to be against NPR, but I've realized that it keeps the Left in their fantasyland. If they had to venture out into the private sector they might learn to be more effective. Why take their kool-aid away from them? It's not like any swing voters listen to that biased junk. We still want to have NPR and a few other liberal institutions to kick around for awhile. Better strategery to let them all have ether kumbaya sessions.
Actually, I think isolation keeps people in their fantasyland. But NPR is just about everywhere except the most rural areas. NPR/PBS/etc is subsidized left-wing evangelism. There's nothing good about it.