NPR Calling it a conspiracy theory:

• 2023-03-31 How a conspiracy theory about eating bugs made its way to international politics
• 2023-04-02 From 4chan to international politics, a bug-eating conspiracy theory goes mainstream
• 2023-07-19 This right wing conspiracy theory about eating bugs is about as racist as you think

NPR Promoting or reporting on promotion

• 2011-10-26 Insect Cuisine Is All The Buzz
• 2012-04-11 Time For A 'Bug Mac'? The Dutch Aim To Make Insects More Palatable
• 2013-05-14 Maybe It's Time To Swap Burgers For Bugs, Says U.N.
• 2013-05-17 Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says
• 2013-05-29 Cooking With Cicadas: No Weirder Than Eating Cheese?
• 2013-07-18 These Pictures Might Tempt You To Eat Bugs
• 2014-08-15 Startups Pitch Cricket Flour As The Best Protein You Could Eat
• 2015-03-23 Even Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is Now Munching On Bugs
• 2016-11-17 Are Insects The Future Of Food?
• 2017-09-14 At Bug-Eating Festival, Kids Crunch Down On The Food Of The Future
• 2018-07-16 Your Ancestors Probably Ate Insects. So What's Bugging You?
• 2018-08-27 Don't Bug Out! The Smithsonian Channel Is Going To Show You How To Cook Insects
• 2019-01-10 Should Hyping Edible Bugs Focus On The Experience Instead Of The Environment?
• 2019-12-24 Companies Face An Uphill Battle Trying To Get Americans To Eat Bugs
• 2021-05-24 Green Argument For Eating Cicadas (Plus A Few Recipes)

I think that the NPR may be illegal because it is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is required by law to be politically neutral.