Because NPR is run by leftist. Leftists are liars.
Leftists also love increasing government power.
Leftists use their habit of lying to create panic over the appearance of a crisis (real or fabricated). Leftists then lie about the nature of the crisis, and the ability to solve it by increasing government power. Eventually the crisis goes away (if it was even real in the first place), but the increased government power remains.
NEVER trust a leftist.
Absolutely. Right on the mark.