NPR staying true

For more than a week, NPR has been hewing to the Republican spin on the IRS investigations of organizations which claim to be social service organizations, but whose real purpose is to support political candidates and issues. They have been falsely claiming that only certain Republican groups were "targeted." Finally, Sun. afternoon there was a fair report, and they allowed Democrats to have a say, not just Republicans. After this, they thanked people who donated to their pledge drive.

Of course, NPR and it's corporate sponsors are aware that once people have a belief, it is almost impossible for the to change, no matter how much evidence there is against the belief. Which I think explains this pattern I have often seen on NPR. They will hammer home the sponsors message. Then finally they will give a more fair and comprehensive look. This way they can serve the interests of their sponsors, and also maintain their credentials with many people as being fair, or even liberal.