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NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

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Post by d23 »

scarface74 wrote: post #740
d23 wrote: post #722

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As biased as Fox News is, it would be completely ridiculous to call it state-affiliated media.

How much more “state affiliated” can you get than when Trump was in office he spent most of his day watching FoxNews and called it when he didn’t like the coverage and they acquiesced? This is not some conspiracy theory. It was very much out in the open. Even more recently, the house speaker gave Fox preferred access to the Jan 6th video.

I don’t even doubt you, I just don’t think it’s the same thing as consistently-affiliated state media. If anything it’s party biased, but it’s not because they’re afraid the party will jail them, kill them, or forcibly take over their business.

Re: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

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Post by corbulo »

reso wrote: post #734

This seems perfectly fair to me and I don't understand the controversy. Maybe in the US people see "State Affiliated" as some kind of an insult? Public broadcasters like the BBC and Al Jazeera have done extraordinary work at times. That being said it would only be fair to also include a badge for private media corporations that says who their parent corporation is.

US Politics revolves around being the underdog. If you're state affiliated you can't pitch yourself as the plucky underdog trying to change the world.

Thats why NPR would rather leave twitter than live with the label.

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Post by poisonarena »

kgwxd wrote: post #710
poisonarena wrote: post #376

It 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.

anyone who says 'fascist' that many times in one line wont be able to convince me of anything

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Post by drak0n1c »

justin66 wrote: post #197
throwaway8582 wrote: post #195

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> But not the BBC, curiously You should check these things before posting. It says "Government-funded Media" right at the top of the page here: https://twitter.com/BBC

I shit you not: it did not an hour ago.

It was there yesterday from what I recall. However, there are like 10 variant official accounts of BBC. Only one had the label at first. Similar to how NPR has multiple accounts but only the "main" one had the label. Twitter should be more consistent in labeling all accounts under a company if this is the new policy.

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Post by khochesh_kushat »

eastbound wrote: post #332
tapoxi wrote: post #240

Good. 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.

As long as Twitter lists itself as a Qatari/Saudi backed social media company I suppose fair is fair and at least they are being consistent in how they apply the rules. I wonder if they will do so.

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Post by poisonarena »

vicktour wrote: post #482
poisonarena wrote: post #382

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People keep saying this but I haven't noticed at all, I stopped using it for years but now I am back and have noticed only improvements

Sometimes it wont show me current tweets. My timeline is full of accounts that I don't follow and nobody I follow replied. I had to block musk's account because it was the only thing I was seeing. Tweets disappear when I try to look at them. Its been frustrating to say the least.

yeah, I noticed they divided your timeline to 'for me' and 'following' you just have to click 'following' and then its back.

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Post by yellowapple »

jachee wrote: post #724
olivermarks wrote: post #635

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> globalists Oh look, a racist dog whistle.

"Bill Gates and other globalists"

Unless Bill Gates is Jewish (is he?), the context doesn't support this being a dogwhistle in this case.

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Post by pazimzadeh »

Georgelemental wrote: post #729
anonymouskimmer wrote: post #337

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> Should Elon's account (or SpaceX or Telsa) have the same label because of their significant government funding? My first thought. How much in easy loans have his companies received from the government? This is just rich people hating on the industry that publicly critiques them.

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That is irrelevant. If there was a Nazi party, you'd want NPR to favor the other parties. You haven't considered the possibility that they are biased towards truth. Guaranteed funding from the government is like academic tenure, it lets you focus on what matters rather than chasing hype/click-bait, and lets you stand up to the powers that be.

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Post by ramses0 »

yossarian1408 wrote: post #502
bagels wrote: post #317

Should 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.

Twitter, SpaceX and Tesla are not newspapers/publishers. The reason for labelling news organisations' government affiliations is for the viewer/reader to understand that there may or may not be bias, and where the funding is coming from. If NPR's government contributions are embarrassing for the organisation, it might be best for them to forgo that funding. Additionally, if there's no influence/bias, then why does it…

"Sea Lion" comment/question. It's a distraction.

http://wondermark.com/1k62/

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Post by thomastjeffery »

Jenepas wrote: post #694
KZerda wrote: post #342

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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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Just because someone makes a claim as part of their narrative does not mean the claim itself exclusively belongs to that narrative!

If that were the case, none of us should say anything at all.

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