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SpaceX is also government funded. I don't know what that bit of whataboutism really contributes to the debate.
One issue is that SpaceX is not positioning itself as an independent group with reporting that would be holding government accountable. That's the conflict of interest that the press has when it accepts money from the organization it reports on.
Like SpaceX, NPR accepts government funding. Like SpaceX NPR is literally government-funded. There's nothing weird about owning that choice.
