NPR Quits Twitter After Receiving , ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label.<br />CNN reports that the news organization, which is publicly funded by listeners, received the label last week, likening it to Russia's RT and Sputnik. .<br />Over the weekend, NPR's label was updated <br />to include "government funded media.".<br />NPR CEO John Lansing referred <br />to the labels as "unacceptable." .<br />On April 12, NPR revealed <br />that it is leaving Twitter.<br />NPR’s organizational accounts <br />will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we <br />are not editorially independent, NPR, via statement.<br />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, NPR, via statement.<br />In its last tweets, NPR alerted followers of alternative places to find its work, such as its own app and other social media platforms.<br />Millions of Americans depend on NPR and their local public radio stations for the fact-based, independent, public service journalism they need to stay informed about the world and about their own communities, NPR CEO John Lansing, via email to NPR staff, via CNN.<br />It would be a disservice to the serious work you all do here to continue to share it on a platform that is associating the federal charter for public media with an abandoning of editorial independence or standards, NPR CEO John Lansing, via email to NPR staff, via CNN.<br />CNN reports that Twitter has also labeled the BBC as "government funded media," but after pushback, Elon Musk plans to change it to "publicly funded."
