According to a post _about_ NPR's 2022 listener report [0] (the report itself is paywalled, AFAICT), 32% identify Republican, 24% Democrat, and 24% Independent,

According to a post _about_ NPR's 2022 listener report [0] (the report itself is paywalled, AFAICT), 32% identify Republican, 24% Democrat, and 24% Independent, so this opinion piece doesn't match up with the listenership. Or the listeners who do not define themselves as left-leaning do not appear to impart great importance that NPR is doing so, if they are. Pew Research also did a study [1] which put the R/D split at 38%/57% respectively. Take a look at the education disparity between NPR and Fox News listeners... The other thing to balance this on is that life is in and of itself progressive. The world around us is progressive. There is no stopping progress. Given conservation is always fighting a battle that simply cannot be won, it makes sense that media would reflect reality. [0] https://blog.marketenginuity.com/by-the-numbers-who-is-actually-listening-to-public-radio https://blog.marketenginuity.com/by-the-numbers-who-is-actua... [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/01/americans-main-sources-for-political-news-vary-by-party-and-age/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/01/americans...