Comment by hagbard_c

Just to show where NPR stands it is enlightening to search for:

site:npr.org trump plurality

site:npr.org trump majority

versus

site:npr.org obama plurality

site:npr.org obama majority

Another good one is:

site:npr.org did trump win popular majority

versus

site:npr.org did obama win popular majority

If you don't feel like doing these searches I can summarise the results: when Obama won the popular majority that is what NPR proclaimed in virtual large print with embellishments. When Trump won the popular majority he received a plurality, not a majority vote. When the "democrat" wins NPR is euphoric, when the republican wins they are choleric. They are not a good source for political information due to their strong bias. This seems to be par for the course for 'public service' sources since the same is true for:

- Sveriges Radio (SR) and Sveriges Television (SVT) in Sweden, the national (tax-financed) public service broadcaster

- Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) in the Netherlands, a national (tax-financed) public service broadcaster

- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the UK, a national (licensing-fee financed) public service broadcaster

In all cases these organisations have written into their statues that they need to be politically neutral. In all mentioned cases these statues are violated, in some cases (Sweden) they tend to be ignored. This has eroded trust in public service broadcasters and, by implication, the concept of public service.