Is NPR’s coverage of the wars in Iran and Lebanon fair?

Our Public Editor inbox is overflowing with commentary on NPR’s coverage of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran and now Lebanon. Much of it is critical of NPR, but there are some compliments as well.

Some of NPR’s critics perceive a persistent bias against Israel. Others see flaws in an individual story. These objections come in against a backdrop of political disapproval. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently suggested that some American newsrooms rooting for the U.S. to lose the war. FCC Chair Brendan Carr is threatening to refuse license renewals to broadcasters he deems to be reporting “fake news” about the war. A smaller group of letter writers believe that public radio journalists are too deferential to the Israeli government.