It feels like NPR doesn't approve of Snowden, rather like how Jeffery Toobin doesn't approve of him.<p>Is this just a manifestation of NPR feeling that upstarts like bloggers, etc aren't Real Journalists?<p>Or is this a manifestation of NPR being part of the mainstream media, and not wanting to upset their relationships with "insiders" and "unnamed sources" and so forth?<p>Either way, NPR seems like they're part of the "US media is a US Gov lapdog" syndrome. The Guardian and "O Globo" scoops everyone else in the whole world, so the US Media is going to ignore the story.<p>NPR acts this way on copyright related stories, as well, I've noticed.