NPR, Labeled as “State Media” Quits Twitter



American public broadcaster NPR, labeled as 'national media' by Twitter, has announced that it will end daily Twitter postings. NPR asks users to access articles from another platform.

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label

NPR has announced that it will stop posting new posts on the 52 Twitter accounts it manages, and invites users to access the articles via newsletters and other platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. The decision was made because Twitter labeled NPR's account a 'state-owned media', and NPR 'has the same label it uses for its propaganda agencies in Russia, China, and other authoritarian countries.' Twitter has been accused of

NPR's Twitter account was given the 'national media' label on April 5, 2023. This label is attached to ``news organizations whose content is controlled by the state, or whose production and distribution are controlled by the state through direct or indirect political pressure. Exceptions for media accounts related to national authorities', and it was criticized both inside and outside the company for revising the policy and giving inappropriate labels to non-profit media organizations.

Twitter labels NPR, a non-profit organization, as ``state-owned media'', treating it the same as Russia's RT and China's Xinhua News Agency, which spills the official view of the country-GIGAZINE



While NPR does operate with government funding, it claims less than 1% of its annual budget and maintains editorial independence. With the account labeled as state-owned media, NPR is no longer able to promote its content, preventing it from being spread or recommended by Twitter's algorithms.

After that, Twitter changed the label of NPR to 'media funded by the government'. At the time of writing, NPR has this label.

'National media' label attached to NPR's Twitter account changed to 'media funded by government' & BBC also given the same label-GIGAZINE



About the series of disturbances, NPR reporter Bobby Allin is interacting with Twitter's Elon Musk CEO. During this exchange, the above label was changed, but Mr. Mask said, ``The important thing is to apply certain rules fairly to everyone,'' and to media other than NPR. also suggested the possibility of labeling.




Mr. Musk's opinion is that 'NPR is funded by the government, so it is not wrong to label it as a government-funded media.' In response to the news that NPR will stop posting on Twitter, Mr. Musk said, 'NPR's website says that funding from the federal government is 'essential.' .




Similarly, PBS , a non-profit public broadcaster, and BBC in the United Kingdom were also labeled as ``media funded by the government,'' but the BBC had a direct talk with Mr. It has been revealed that the label has been changed to 'media operated by funds'.

'Our executives say the government-funded media label calls into question our editorial independence and undermines our credibility,' NPR's Allin said. 'Some people wonder if it could set off a chain reaction.' In fact, KCRW based in Santa Monica, California, WESA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, WEKU in Kentucky, and WBUR in Boston, Massachusetts have announced that they will stop posting on Twitter in solidarity with NPR.

'For years, many journalists have seen Twitter as important for monitoring the news, connecting with people at big events, connecting with authoritative sources and sharing coverage,' said NPR CEO John Lansing. But Musk's often hastily-announced policy shifts undermine that, and the deterioration of Twitter's culture, already flooded with abusive content, contributed to his decision to pull out.' I was.

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