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> Twitter themselves had a guide that explained why NPR and BBC were not labelled as such > "State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, li
by stametseater 4y ago
> Twitter themselves had a guide that explained why NPR and BBC were not labelled as such
> "State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy."
That explains the what, not the why. It says they aren't going to consider BBC and NPR as state-affiliated, but not why they aren't going to consider them as state-affiliated. "Editorial independence" is a meaningless superlative that cannot be empirically measured through any means available to twitter.
The "why" is because the "state affiliated" label was meant to be innuendo for "untrustworthy" and twitter, under previous management, did not consider NPR and BBC untrustworthy.
- _zn02 4y agoI think it explains the why quite clearly- editorial independence. It's a big deal. NPR is allowed to be critical of the US government in a way that RT is not.
- trasz3 4y agoHave you ever considered the possible difference between what's officially allowed and what's actually happening? Nowadays, when information is abundant, individual stories don't matter all that much; what does matter is building the overall narrative. Allowing critical stories doesn't affect that.
- anoonmoose 4y agoDear guy who brags about ban evasion in his profile on his 3-month old account: thanks for getting me to check if HN had a block button.
- trasz3 4y agoSo, does it? xD
- anoonmoose 4y agoI think you should toss this link in your bio so people can see why dang banned you twice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34018795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34018795
- trasz3 4y agoAnd look how effective that was.
- anoonmoose 4y agoI agree that it was ineffective, that's why I think you should put that link in your bio- I don't think nearly as many people would waste much time talking to you if they were just linked to why you were banned instead of only seeing your biased version of it.
- trasz3 4y ago[dead]