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They were labeled as "state-affiliated media" and after a retraction, Twitter referred to them as "government-funded" On March 20th, NPR listed this retraction

They were labeled as "state-affiliated media" and after a retraction, Twitter referred to them as "government-funded" On March 20th, NPR listed this retraction on their website "An earlier version of this story mistakenly said Musk bought Twitter for $44 million. In fact, he paid $44 billion." [1] Twitter can't make mistakes, but NPR makes dozens of them daily. Should we rage quit NPR everytime they issue a retraction to preserve our own independence and integrity? [1] https://www.npr.org/corrections/ https://www.npr.org/corrections/

anoonmoose 4y ago
It wasn't a mistake, it was intentional. Musk verified this, and even if we disregard his ramblings, they intentionally removed NPR as an example of who wouldn't be marked as state-affiliated from their description of how the label is applied, which gives the game away. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitt...
ajford 4y ago
It sure doesn't seem like a mistake. Twitter itself used to make the distinction between state-funded (without editorial control) and state-affiliated (where the state has editorial control) on their own Help Center [1]. They removed the distinction on 2023-04-07 [2], two days after they slapped the state-affiliated label on NPR. That timeline sure doesn't sound like Musk made a mistake and sought to correct it, but more like he swung his whiny authority around and then people had to scramble to retract/alter policies to fit with Musk's world view. If it was a mistake, Twitter would have owned up to it instead of altering their policies to match the mistake. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitt... [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155944/https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155944/https://help.twit...

anoonmoose 4y ago

It wasn't a mistake, it was intentional. Musk verified this, and even if we disregard his ramblings, they intentionally removed NPR as an example of who wouldn't be marked as state-affiliated from their description of how the label is applied, which gives the game away. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitt...

ajford 4y ago

It sure doesn't seem like a mistake. Twitter itself used to make the distinction between state-funded (without editorial control) and state-affiliated (where the state has editorial control) on their own Help Center [1]. They removed the distinction on 2023-04-07 [2], two days after they slapped the state-affiliated label on NPR. That timeline sure doesn't sound like Musk made a mistake and sought to correct it, but more like he swung his whiny authority around and then people had to scramble to retract/alter policies to fit with Musk's world view. If it was a mistake, Twitter would have owned up to it instead of altering their policies to match the mistake. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitt... [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155944/https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155944/https://help.twit...