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Apr 13, 2023 · According to the webpage, federal funding helps public radio stations pay fees to NPR. It states that without the funding, there would be "fewer programs, less journalism — especially local ...
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- "Much more hate-filled outlet"
NPR said it's quitting Twitter after the social media platform labeled the news organization as "state-affiliated media" last week.
Twitter later changed the label to "government-funded media," but NPR said the labels "undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent."
"We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public's understanding of our editorial independence," NPR said in a statement to CBS News.
PBS joined NPR in halting its Twitter activity, after it was also labeled "government-funded media," according to Axios.
Meanwhile, Musk called NPR "hypocrites" in a Wednesday tweet.
"NPR literally said 'Federal funding is essential to public radio' on their own website (now taken down). What hypocrites!" he wrote.
"At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter," NPR CEO John Lansing said in an NPR interview. "I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again."
Lansing said that NPR's individual journalists can decide for themselves whether they want to remain on Twitter. The decision to quit Twitter impacts the news service's 52 official accounts on the platform.
Twitter continues to struggle with a loss of advertisers following Musk's takeover of the company, when he slashed thousands of jobs and allowed some formerly banned accounts back on the platform, according to Slate associate business and tech writer Nitish Pahwa.
•Twitter rolls out updated 'zero tolerance' policy on violent speech
•Oreo maker Mondelez pulls ads from Twitter, citing jump in hate speech
"No one answers the calls in the Twitter office, and it's just a much more hate-filled outlet," Pahwa told CBS Mornings. "You aren't going to see a lot of advertisers want to put their ads near tweets like that."
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Apr 12, 2023 · After some pushback, Twitter removed the “US-state affiliated media” from NPR’s account only to replace it with a new label that says “Government-funded Media.”
Apr 12, 2023 · UPDATED: National Public Radio is suspending all activity on Twitter effective immediately, after the public radio broadcaster said the Elon Musk-owned platform’s “government-funded media ...
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Apr 12, 2023 · NPR says it undermines its credibility, as US government funding accounts for less than 1% of its budget. Twitter owner Elon Musk agreed to change the label on the BBC's account.
Apr 11, 2023 · NPR probably deserves some sort of disclaimer about its federal funding. But as others have said, if that’s the case, then outlets like Voice of America should also have one. The inconsistency here is counterproductive to the apparent goal of labeling: making it clear when a news source is affiliated with the government in any way.
Apr 13, 2023 · PBS said it has suspended posting to Twitter after Elon Musk’s social network pinned a “government-funded media” descriptor to its primary account. The public TV broadcaster joins NPR in ...
