The outlet said it would stop posting on the site after being labeled “state-sponsored media.”
Earlier this month, as part of his continuing dogfight against traditional media outlets, Musk slapped a “state-sponsored media” label on NPR’s Twitter account, putting it in the same category as propaganda-heavy, government-controlled outlets like Xinhua and Sputnik. NPR ceased tweeting in protest of the move and pressed its case to Twitter, after which Musk tweaked the label to “government-funded media.
, which said the label was still inaccurate, since it’s a private company with editorial independence that receives only about one percent of its funding from the federal government.with a BBC journalist on Wednesday, Musk said he would change the label on that organization to “publicly funded”; perhaps he planned to do the same for NPR. But it doesn’t really matter anymore.
Since buying Twitter for $44 billion six months ago, Musk has laid off about three-quarters of the workforce, which has caused the site’s, and has made a series of drastic, exhausting, and self-defeating moves that have alienated advertisers and many users. Some of his most punitive and trollish actions have been reserved for journalists, for whom he seems to hold a special scorn. Among other things, he hasand routinely disparaged mainstream media outlets along with his far-right cohort.
than average, and who Musk says — not unreasonably — were arbitrarily handed special privileges years ago. And earlier this month, he removed the verification check mark from the New York’ central account in a fit of pique, after the company, along with many other major media outfits, said it would not pay for Twitter Blue. (Musk has called the
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