NPR has decided to stop using Twitter on the heels of Elon Musk’s social media juggernaut temporarily labeling its account 'state-affiliated media.'
The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway and Fox News contributor Harold Ford Jr. joined ‘MediaBuzz’ to discuss the FTC’s recent request for sweeping records from Twitter.on the heels of Elon Musk’s social media juggernaut temporarily labeling its account"state-affiliated media."to essentially quit the platform.
NPR has decided to stop using Twitter on the heels of Elon Musk’s social media juggernaut temporarily labeling its account"state-affiliated media." account and replaced it with a label that reads,"government funded media." NPR’s main account has 8.8 million followers and has 52 different Twitter feeds. It does not appear it will deactivate its accounts.
NPR tweeted a thread informing its consumers of other platforms where content can be found, including newsletters, apps and other social media platforms.NPR was initially slapped with the"state-affiliated media" designation on last week before Twitter faced public pressure to pull the label. Other media outlets with the label included Russian state-owned TASS, Russian state-controlled RT and China's official state news agency Xinhua.
"NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially depended," NPR said in a statement.
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