Who's funding is being threatened by the big meanies on the right? Lefty NPR is covering a story that most assuredly the left doesn't want to know about, an out of control ATF is involved in more homicides, including Border Control Agent Brian Terry & an ICE agent.
Assuming, from one article, that NPR is desperate to protect their funding.
Admittedly, they don't run many stories that reflect poorly on the Dems, but this is far from the first.
It would be folly for them to think occasional pieces such as this would influence their funding, as it would be folly for you to think the same.