For a smart man, this guy is a complete idiot.
NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
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Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#702So, "state-affiliated" is a bad thing, unlike those "by appointment to HM the Queen" that used to grace the advertisements of British (and other) brands?
Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#703Someone is missing a massive opportunity that won't present itself again. As every big entity and celebrity quits twitter, have an exact clone ready, it almost doesn't matter what the name is. They don't need to be exclusive on it, just have all those entities cross-post and slowly over the next few years it will build to critical mass.
Any accounts suspected of cross-posting would be banned.
Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#704Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#705Good. It's clear now that Twitter is just an information control mechanism for Musk, and journalists should quit their addiction to it. I think every major news outlet should have their own ActivityPub compatible service, essentially as a modern replacement for RSS.
Strange that labelling medias with their true funding diminishes their credibility so much that they’d flee to any place where this information is not disclosed.
The label was "State Affiliated" not "publicly funded".
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#706Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, and this gives their funders editorial control how?
Why else do they get this source of funding that other networks don't have? (Though this is still just a theory and not reason to slap "govt-affiliated" on them. "Govt-funded" is fair.)
You'll be more persuasive you actually answer his question instead of further casting aspersions.
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#707Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or more to the point, with how much of twitter is owned by the Saudi government? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-hol...
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Ok, so to amend OP's original point:
Should Twitter come with a label as "state-owned" considering both the Qatari and Saudi governments hold a significant stake in the company?
Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#708Earlier quoted context omitted.
Member stations are federally funded. Member stations pay NPR. To say that NPR doesn’t receive a significant portion of its budget from the federal government is a lie. This same argument is made whenever a politico mentions cutting funding to NPR. There is a large push to claim that NPR receives very little funding and it’s irrelevant to the network. But you can’t have it both ways. The lady doth protest too mightil…
>To say that NPR doesn’t receive a significant portion of its budget from the federal government is a lie Do you have any evidence of this? Less than 1% of NPR's funding comes from federal sources, according to wikipedia.
Reread the comment.
Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#709Should Twitter itself get a state sponsored label for getting concessions from San Francisco on their headquarters? https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-controller-hails-... Should Elon's account (or SpaceX or Telsa) have the same label because of their significant government funding? It's hard to see this as anything but silly politics games.
Or more to the point, with how much of twitter is owned by the Saudi government? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-hol...
Twitter doesn't exist anymore (as of yesterday[1]), so the Saudis' ownership shares likely transferred to X Corp.
How much of X is now owned by Saudi Arabia is the real question.
1. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/twitter-no-longe...
Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
#710It is, since 2015-2016 its just awful. I used to love NPR, listening to is everyday in the 2000s and first half of 2010s, love the podcasts. SOMETHING happened, and it took a whole year or so for almost everything to be focused on politics and race and trump and I just completely lost interest.
A fascist took office, and now more fascists are taking office. When the fascists go, the news can be boring again.