Alignment with Neoliberal Ideology at NPR

The speaker criticizes the CEO of NPR for aligning with a neoliberal ideology that caters to rich white people and corporate donors rather than being a public radio service. The shift in NPR's funding to rely on rich donors and advertisements has led to a departure from its original populist public access concept, where it aimed to represent regular Americans and provide genuine public service. The speaker argues that the calls for defunding NPR miss the root cause of the issue, which is the shift in its business model towards profitability at the expense of its original values.