Legacy media outlets in the United States have been criticized for their coverage of the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Fox News hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy criticized The Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Washington Post for their coverage of Nasrallah's death. Earhardt said that the media was making Nasrallah look like a "good guy," while Doocy called it "kind of curious" that the press would describe Nasrallah in such glowing terms.

The New York Times was criticized for suggesting that Nasrallah "maintained that there should be one Palestine with equality for Muslims, Jews and Christians" in a piece that didn't feature any sort of byline. Popular X personality Comfortably Smug responded, "Insane New York Times piece with no byline. Literally NO MENTION of terrorism and talks him up like a humanitarian."

The Associated Press was also criticized for calling Nasrallah a "potent regional force" and insisting "he was also considered a pragmatist compared with the firebrand militants who dominated Hezbollah after its founding in 1982," noting he was considered an "extremist in the United States and much of the West."

The Washington Post wrote that Nasrallah was "seen as a father figure" in a piece that said he was "condemned by his foes as a terrorist."

The Columbia Journalism Review published a piece headlined, "The life and death of Hassan Nasrallah," that only mentioned the words "terror" or "terrorist" once, when quoting a State Department official who referred to Hezbollah as "maybe the A-team of terrorists.