NPR is damaging Israel's public image by broadcasting distorted, unbalanced and often inaccurate reports on the Middle East conflict. The coverage is overwhelmingly sympathetic to the Palestinian "cause," and does not give the public a fair and balanced picture of Israeli concerns and perspectives. 

NPR omits important historical, political, religious and moral context, focusing primarily on the grievances of the Palestinians, while downplaying or completely ignoring Israel's vulnerability and suffering.  While Israel has, in fact, shown great military restraint and integrity in fighting this terrorist war against its men, women and children, NPR regularly misrepresents Israeli actions.

NPR frequently avoids personalizing Israeli victims of terror, while giving extensive coverage to human interest stories about Palestinians. NPR also gives lopsided prominence to critics of Israel, frequently omitting the views of the mainstream.

Due to NPR's large (upwards of 20 million) and influential listener base,  the damage is incalculable.  Details of some of these abuses, and NPR's refusal to correct them, have been well documented (see 'CAMERA and NPR' link).

NPR is funded both directly and indirectly (via 600+ affiliate stations) by taxpayer dollars.  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) which funnels tax dollars to NPR and the affiliates is mandated by the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act to dispense funds to networks that provide "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature." 

Not only is NPR in violation of the Federal Statute, the network is also in violation of the public trust.  NPR and affiliate stations  accept donations from individuals, institutions and corporations that assume the programs broadcast will be an unbiased reporting of current and historical events, placing those events in accurate and reasonable context. 

·         We must encourage our Congressional representatives to inquire into the use of tax dollars to support a biased  agenda. 

·         We must stop donating private monies until the distorted coverage ends.

·         We will consider bringing a class-action law-suit against NPR.

·         We must stop the damage.