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Twitter failed to flag US state-sponsored media like NPR, so not doing this to eg China seems only fair.
by trasz3 4y ago
Twitter failed to flag US state-sponsored media like NPR, so not doing this to eg China seems only fair.
- rektide 4y agoThe flag isn't about who is state sponsored, it's about who is controlled by the state. The Guardian for example is also not a mouthpiece of the state. NPR is certainly at that level. Seemingly no one agreed with your callous narrow interpretation in the recent threads on NPR being labeled as state-affiliated. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35457578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35457578
- trasz3 4y agoThe current NPR CEO used to lead US government propaganda agency, https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/management-team/john-lansing-chief-executive-officer-and-director/ https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/management-team/john-lansin.... But yeah, go ahead, maintain they are not controlled by the state xD
- rektide 4y agoI maintain they are not controlled by the state. He's not some super mastermind. NPR allows their journalists pretty free reign. Having petty little point scoring things to be deliberately mean over doesn't convince me. I don't mistake it as actual evidence of anything.
- dekhn 4y agoVoice of America is probably a more apt org to compare to than NPR
- throwawaymaths 4y agoNpr is almost totally funded by "viewers/listeners like you" and also corporate/nonprofit underwriting (ever notice those ads in NPR?). Very little goes directly into NPR from the state, though some individual shows that NPR carries get grants from the CPB, which is state money.
- trasz3 4y ago>Very little goes directly into NPR from the state Yeah, just the management xD
- dirtyid 4y agoI enjoyed the drama when NPR was flagged as state media for a couple hours.