No blue check for YOU!!!
Posted on 04/12/2023 8:38:42 AM PDT by conservative98
Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday announced the decision to quit Twitter after being transparently labeled “state-affiliated media.”
NPR, whose budget is subsidized nearly 11 percent by taxpayer funds, declared it will step away from the social media platform to protect journalism. NPR’s media personalities will (so far) remain with personal accounts.
“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’s CEO John Lansing said in a statement.
When questioned if NPR would ever return to the platform, Lansing cast doubt on the idea.
“I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again,” he said. “At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter.”
NPR’s White House correspondent Scott Detrow praised the self-censorship decision on Twitter itself: “It’s the right move and I’m proud of us for taking it.” The exit comes after Twitter initially labeled NPR as “U.S. state-affiliated media” in its bio. Lansing slammed the label as “inaccurate” and declared the organization was “disturbed” about the social media platform’s decision to be transparent about the subsidization of NPR.
NPR also published an article in its defense entitled, “Twitter labels NPR’s account as ‘state-affiliated media,’ which is untrue.” The article cited Yoel Roth, who was Twitter’s former head of trust and safety and a notoriously left-wing employee who equated members of the Trump administration with Nazis.
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And nothing of value was lost that day ....
GOOD…….GO ELON, I am not a big fan of Elon still on the fence with him HOWEVER he does deserve credit, when credit is due!!
Truth hurts.
Adios, Mofo!
Crybabies...........................
Hey, he wasn’t lying.
No blue check for YOU!!!
LOL! National Propaganda Radio angry that Twitter is calling a spade a spade. The truth hurts!
The NPR “news” muppets get outed as the mouthpieces of the Biden junta that they are.
One small victory.
😆
L O L !!!
If the shoe fits wear it.
I think they should ask KJP to put out another strongly worded statement.
That will prove how independant they are!
sob ... a hard-left propaganda organ cuts off its nose to spite its face by diminishing its influence on social media ....
oh, wait ... NOT sob, but YEA!
Now that’s just plain funny
Here is the truth...NPR is a dying brand among the younger generations. They made the decision because 80% of their core audience barely knows what Twitter is. In other words, no hit to their rapidly dying off audience.
In practical terms, if NPR boycotts twitter, how and where will they find and report on the people who they cite as being representative of American culture - you know the ones that hate America.
Instead of sitting in front of a computer at home, their reporters are going to have to invest some shoe leather on the street. I can’t image that going over too well with staff.
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