Several news organizations go silent on Twitter after Elon Musk adds 'government-funded media' label to some accounts
it stopped sharing posts from its Twitter account after the"government-funded media" label was added to its account over the weekend.PBS hasn't tweeted from its main account since April 8.Margaret Low, CEO of WBUR, which is Boston's NPR affiliate, said the outlet was standing in solidarity with NPR and would stop posting on Twitter. Low said Twitter labeling NPR as government-funded was"misleading.
LAist wrote in another tweet the same day, which said the outlet stood by Lansing's comments that leaving Twitter would protect NPR's credibility.Another media organization that will no longer be tweeting is Hawaii Public Radio. It said in a that Twitter labeling NPR as funded by the government"continues to imply an editorial relationship with our government that does not exist."Subscribe to push notifications
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