NPR and Center for Immigration Studies

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2. NPR is not meant to be an echo chamber for the left,

or the right. Giving a point of view air time does not imply an endorsement. It is a PUBLIC network and airs all credible viewpoints. Many of us tolerate that for the sake of democracy and freedom of speech. And, of course, there's always the teeny, tiny possibility that someone else's point of view may have a teeny, tiny bit of validity also.

There is no future for our democracy if half the country gets its news from Rachael Maddow and the other half from Fox News.

I support NPR through its local stations both in my home city, where I get local news I get nowhere else and in NYC, which produces excellent programs, such as On the Media, the Brian Leherer Show, the Takeaway, and more. To me, this is the single most valuable medium I have available.