Ummm whose preferences are they supposed to be pandering to?

"I like to believe that NPR's angle follows the revenue they generate from their listeners."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45516661

Right -- so pandering to their listeners is OK then?

Of course. GP's suggestion was that, because they're not pandering to corporate interests, there are fewer compromises in their news coverage. Which isn't necessarily true since they're just pandering to a different audience.

My God I had that so wrong. Thanks for clarifying.