{"id":569430,"date":"2023-04-09T01:11:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-drops-state-affiliated-label-from-npr-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T01:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:11:21","slug":"twitter-drops-state-affiliated-label-from-npr-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-drops-state-affiliated-label-from-npr-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter drops \u2018state-affiliated\u2019 label from NPR after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> has dropped the \u201cstate-affiliated media\u201d label from NPR\u2019s account and replaced it with a \u201cgovernment funded\u201d label, after facing backlash over the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The label first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on NPR\u2019s account on Tuesday, leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> organization to halt its posts on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe were disturbed to see last night that Twitter has labeled NPR as \u2018state-affiliated media,\u2019 a description that, per Twitter\u2019s own guidelines, does not apply to NPR,\u201d President and CEO John Lansing said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNPR and our Member stations are supported by millions of listeners who depend on us for the independent, fact-based journalism we provide,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cIt is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NPR has since updated its Twitter bio to read, \u201cNPR is an independent news organization committed to informing the public about the world around us. You can find us every other place you read the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/178660742\/public-radio-finances\">NPR\u2019s website<\/a>, less than 1 percent of its annual operating budget comes from grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and federal entities.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cstate-affiliated media\u201d label placed NPR in the company of Russian state-owned news agency TASS and China\u2019s official state news agency Xinhua, both of which have received such a label.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk acknowledged on Thursday that the \u201cstate-affiliated media\u201d label might not have been accurate in an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/04\/06\/1168455846\/elon-musk-says-nprs-state-affiliated-media-label-might-not-have-been-accurate\">email exchange with an NPR reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe operating principle at new Twitter is simply fair and equal treatment, so if we label non-US accounts as govt, then we should do the same for US, but it sounds like that might not be accurate here,\u201d Musk said in one email, per NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cgovernment funded\u201d label appears to have also been applied to PBS, as of Saturday evening. <\/p>\n<p>The label links back to Twitter\u2019s guidelines on government and state-affiliated media, which does not include a definition for the \u201cgovernment funded\u201d label.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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