> the government sponsored press. I guess "the nominally-funded by public grants in amounts about two orders of magnitude down from total funding" doesn't have

> the government sponsored press. I guess "the nominally-funded by public grants in amounts about two orders of magnitude down from total funding" doesn't have the same rhetorical sizzle. And it's not "ignoring" people to realize that those who choose Truth Social or Newsmax maybe just don't want what NPR does, let alone other reasons why it might be a poor idea to chase those listeners.