New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) has issued a public apology after sponsoring and staffing a table at the “New Hampshire Anarchist Book Fair” in Hanover, an event whose promotional materials declared solidarity with defendants charged in a violent 2025 attack on a Texas ICE detention facility.
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital by NHPR President and CEO Jim Schachter, the station said it “erred in accepting an invitation to sponsor and host a table at the Anarchist Book Festival in Hanover on Saturday.”
“Our code of ethics makes clear that we should not compromise the integrity of our journalism by involvement in anything that can be viewed as political,” the statement said.
NHPR added that “no one from NHPR’s newsroom was aware of or involved in the decision to participate in this event,” and said it is “evaluating our internal processes to ensure mistakes like this don’t happen again” while remaining “committed to our mission of independent, trustworthy journalism for everyone in New Hampshire.”
The controversy stems from promotional material for the fair that read, “Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants” — a reference to people prosecuted over a July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland Detention Center, an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.
Federal prosecutors said members of a group described as a North Texas Antifa cell carried out a coordinated assault on the facility, using fireworks and vandalism to lure law enforcement officers outside while armed participants waited nearby. An Alvarado police officer who responded was shot in the neck.
According to the Justice Department, nine defendants were convicted of federal offenses connected to the attack, and seven others pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists.
The sponsorship drew swift criticism from New Hampshire Republicans. “NHPR didn’t ‘err,’ they got caught,” the Carroll County Republicans posted on X, adding, “There better not be any taxpayer money going to this domestic terrorist allied corporation.”
State Rep. Kristin Noble wrote, “NHPR promoting Antifa (shocking, I know).” State Rep. Keith Ammon, referencing NHPR’s claim that its journalists were unaware of the event, responded: “Don’t feel bad. I thought it was a fair about cookbooks.”
