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Please! I don't want anyone to firebomb NPR. Nobody does long-form radio better than NPR. However, who is NPRs audience? Typically, well-off people. Why should the average taxpayer help support NPR so it can answer the "needs" of well-off listeners? NPR should remain on the air if it can support itself, from direct fund raising or corporate sponsorships. Same thing for PBS. In the age when 2/3 of the poor of America have cable TV, taxpayer-supported TV is unnecessary and wasteful. After all, do we have taxpayer-supported newspapers? BTW, NPR does not "slant" left, it leans heavily left.