It would have been pure silliness to accuse NPR of being a "state channel" when Trump was president now wouldn't it? NPR is not "state affiliated", it is ideol

It would have been pure silliness to accuse NPR of being a "state channel" when Trump was president now wouldn't it? NPR is not "state affiliated", it is ideologically affiliated. In this it closely resembles many other public broadcasters, e.g. SR (Sveriges Radio, the Swedish equivalent to NPR) and SVT (Sveriges Television, the equivalent to PBS), NOS (Nederlandse Omrpoep Stichting, the Dutch public broadcaster), etc. Depending on the ideological colour of the current government these broadcasters either act as megaphones for the government or as channels for the opposition.