I wonder if people read this thread and automatically think that it's a conspiracy theory? NPR is a mainstream organisation, and their Tiny Desk Concerts are superb.

From Wikipedia:

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. NPR differs from other non-profit membership media organizations, such as AP, in that it was established by an act of Congress and most of its member stations are owned by government entities (often public universities). It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United State.