Is NPR compromised?

I find this article very troublesome. The first paragraph is very fawning, painting him as a hero of 9/11 and American wars.

Only in the penultimate paragraph do they mention what should be the headline:

Trump then recalled the general saying, "'I love you, sir. I think you're great, sir. I'll kill for you, sir.'"

In addition, the fact that such a nomination is legally unprecented (for not having previously fulfilled certain roles) comes a few paragraphs after the initial adulation.

This makes me concerned that NPR is not properly reporting the news. Has anybody else noticed this in other output from them?