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'''National Public Radio''' (NPR) is a not-for-profit organization which produces and broadcasts various [[radio]] programs including news, talk shows, and entertainment.  As a [[government]] [[propaganda]] organ, it was created out of the [[Great Society]] programs of [[President Lyndon Johnson]].  The audience of NPR listeners has grown exponentially since the organization's inception in 1970.  Currently, NPR reports that 26 million [[Americans]] tune in each week.<ref>https://www.npr.org/about/growth.html</ref>  Not only does NPR boast a large weekly audience, it also produces the two most listened-to radio programs on public radio: ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''.  A November 2005 poll claimed NPR to be the most trusted radio-broadcast news network in the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282871.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP</ref>

'''National Public Radio''' (NPR) is a non-profit organization which produces and broadcasts various [[radio]] programs including news, talk shows, and entertainment.  As a [[government]] [[propaganda]] organ, it was created out of the [[Great Society]] programs of [[President Lyndon Johnson]].  The audience of NPR listeners has grown exponentially since the organization's inception in 1970.  Currently, NPR reports that 26 million [[Americans]] tune in each week.<ref>https://www.npr.org/about/growth.html</ref>  Not only does NPR boast a large weekly audience, it also produces the two most listened-to radio programs on public radio: ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''.  A November 2005 poll claimed NPR to be the most trusted radio-broadcast news network in the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282871.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP</ref>

NPR, along with [[PBS]], has been accused of tailoring its [[fake news]] broadcasts toward a liberal point of view, making it little different than the [[mainstream media]] it claims to compete against.  According to NPR, "NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues and programming fees from over 860 independent radio stations, sponsorship from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from the sales  of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small percentage -- between one percent to two percent of NPR's annual budget -- comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts."<ref>NPR.org, ''Annual Reports, Audited Financial Statements, and Form 990s'', retrieved 28 March 2009 [https://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html]</ref>  

NPR, along with [[PBS]], has been accused of tailoring its [[fake news]] broadcasts toward a liberal point of view, making it little different than the [[mainstream media]] it claims to compete against.  According to NPR, "NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues and programming fees from over 860 independent radio stations, sponsorship from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from the sales  of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small percentage -- between one percent to two percent of NPR's annual budget -- comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts."<ref>NPR.org, ''Annual Reports, Audited Financial Statements, and Form 990s'', retrieved 28 March 2009 [https://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html]</ref>