National Public Radio says it will no longer publish fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds after Twitter’s decision to label the news outlet “state-affiliated media.”
(Bloomberg) — National Public Radio says it will no longer publish fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds after Twitter’s decision to label the news outlet “state-affiliated media.”
NPR was caught off guard by the label, and reported that when it asked Twitter owner Elon Musk about the decision he admitted he might have made a mistake.
Twitter later revised NPR’s label to “government-funded media,” but the public radio network said that was inaccurate and misleading. NPR is a private, nonprofit company with editorial independence.
NPR posted a tweet informing its millions of followers where else they could find the organization’s work.
NPR CEO John Lansing said he lost faith “in the decision-making at Twitter” but said individual NPR journalists and staffers could decide for themselves whether to remain active on the platform.
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