Policy Issues Institute has joined a complaint against the Federal Election Commission, asserting that it wrongly dismissed a complaint filed against National Public Radio's ("NPR") news coverage in 2024. NPR operates under the FEC press exemption but is controlled by Democratic party operatives. PII believes that NPR’s news coverage does not meet the FEC’s requirements for a press exemption, and therefore its coverage of politics should be considered in-kind contributions to the Democratic party.