culture blurb....can we dispense with the myth of NPR balance

from WashingtonTimes: Mr. Inskeep (who interviewed prominent conservatives for his NPR segment and received much negative listener feedback) is philosophical about his vexed audience.

"We did annoy our listeners, but if we do our job right, we function as a personal intelligence agency for them. Hopefully, they hear allies and enemies and everybody in between. We have to learn from a wide range of people," he said.

Look at the comments from the host Mr. Inskeep on having the conservatives on. NPR is a personal intelligence agency...for whom. Well since conservatives would be familiar with conservative viewpoints...it must be for liberals or the left in general. Also he states that they hear from allies and enemies...would he care to articulte who those enemies are. This should case an uproar among a balanced media elite...but that's not what we have.