It would be far less frustrating if NPR was actually a liberal media outlet, but they spend so much time and effort going above and beyond to "balance" any actual liberal voice that shows up that it's laughable to consider them as a liberal outlet.
I know that when compared to the right wing crazies at Fox or the right of center CNN or the still slightly right of center MSNBC, NPR does seem liberal. Just like when compared with most of the GOP, the right of center Obama looks like a liberal. NPR isn't liberal. In fact, "Marketplace" is so overfull of right-of-center economic perspective that it tends to be a bit infuriating.
NPR is the closest thing we have in this country to real journalism available to the masses.
On the other hand, whether or not they are financed by tax dollars doesn't really get me either way. I think they need to be on the air, and I've no problem with tax dollars going to them, but if the tax dollars were to stop then maybe they would be able to focus more on the merits of a story rather than aiming for some false balance to keep a majority in Congress happy. (Note: I don't actually believe this will be the case.)
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