Elon Musk seemingly admitted that putting a “state-affiliated media” disclaimer on NPR’s account this week was a mistake, but did not immediately act to remove the tag.
this week: “The 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.”
As of Friday afternoon, however, NPR’s account was still wearing the tag. Oddly enough, Twitter has not deemed many of the US government’s official media arms “state-affiliated media,” including Voice of America, Alhurra, and Radio Free Asia, all of which are funded entirely by Congress and considered extensions of US diplomacy.
The designation has typically been applied to outlets funded by US adversaries, including RT, a Russian state-run network, and the People’s Daily, a paper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. NPR has not posted on its company account since April 4, the day its chief executive,Musk, meanwhile, is contending with a heap of other controversies related to Twitter, including a brewing
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