I’m a conservative but defunding NPR is a mistake. What should happen instead might be surprising

The liberal political and cultural bias of National Public Radio has moved center-stage, thanks to the Free Press essay by Uri Berliner, the former NPR editor who resigned earlier this month. In his essay he correctly observed that NPR news both caters to and reflect "the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the US population," mainly in blue cities and college towns.  

The ensuing tempest has led, once again, to a move to defund the organization. Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana...