National Public Radio will no longer use Twitter after it was labeled as “government funded media” by the social media platform.
NPR President John Lansing said in a staff memo Wednesday that Twitter “is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
“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,” Mr. Lansing wrote.Twitter originally slapped NPR with a “U.S. state affiliated media” label last week, putting the news outlet in the same category as media organizations in Russia and China that act as mouthpieces for their authoritarian governments.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NPR stops using Twitter after receiving 'government funded media' label | CNN BusinessNPR on Wednesday said that it is suspending its use of Twitter after clashing with the social media company over a controversial new 'state-affiliated media' label applied to its accounts.
Read more »
NPR Quits Twitter Over “Inaccurate & Misleading” Government-Funded Media LabelNPR says it will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds after the news organization was labeled “government-funded media” on the Elon Musk-owned social media plat…
Read more »
NPR Quits Twitter After Musk’s Social Network Labels Its Account ‘Government-Funded Media’National Public Radio is suspending all activity on Twitter effective immediately, after the public radio broadcaster said the Elon Musk-owned platform’s “government-funded media”…
Read more »
NPR quits Elon Musk's Twitter over 'government-funded' labelNational Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company’s recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels the news organization says are meant to undermine its credibility. NPR said its organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is undermining its credibility by falsely implying that it is not editorially independent. Last week, Twitter labeled NPR as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a label also used for state-controlled media outlets in authoritarian regimes. Twitter later changed the label to “Government-funded media” and gave it to some other public news organizations, such as the BBC.
Read more »
NPR suspending Twitter use over “government-funded” labelNPR will stop using Twitter until the platform removes a new “government-funded” label that was added to its account last week without explanation. 'I would never have our content go anywhere that would risk our credibility,” NPR's CEO said.
Read more »
NPR Leaves Twitter After Musk Slaps It With “State-Affiliated Media” LabelNPR is the first major news organization to stop using Twitter.
Read more »