A former NPR editor urged his previous employer to refuse federal support, suggesting that the public broadcasting organization would only have itself to blame if Congress chooses to withhold government funds. "NPR should regain its respect by doing something no one ever does in American life: Turn down government support. Get ahead of the game and say, We’ll survive without it. In other words: Become truly independent," former NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner wrote Tuesday in "The Free Press.""If Congress does ultimately kneecap the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its $545 million annual budget that supports public television and radio,
