Posted on 04/09/2023 7:02:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The credentialed class is ripe for a fall, and nowhere is this more evident than in the media.
In a move that is every bit as hilarious as it is accurate, Twitter on April 4 labeled the official NPR account as “US state-affiliated media.” NPR staffers and ideological allies were quick to vent their anger over the apt description. Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk was unfazed. In an April 5 tweet, he highlighted the company’s definition of state-affiliated media as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution.”
“Seems accurate,” Musk wrote above the excerpt.
NPR rejected the label as “untrue” in an April 5 article posted on its website, despite acknowledging that it is funded by Washington. “NPR operates independently of the US government,” the report claimed. “And while federal money is important to the overall public media system, NPR gets less than 1% of its annual budget, on average, from federal sources.”
The “less than 1%” argument is one NPR loves to trot out whenever it is confronted, yet it still shrieks to high Heaven at the mere suggestion that federal funding be taken away. Something doesn’t add up there.
“NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the powerful accountable. It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy,” CEO John Lansing is quoted as saying in the article.
Then, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it was strengthening the argument of its critics, NPR leaned on the Biden administration to vouch for its journalistic integrity. “When asked about Twitter’s decision during the White House’s daily briefing, press secretary Karine...
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The description should read, “Swamp affiliated”
They’re no different than PBS - run by libtard snobs
They all sound like they are on Prozac.
“The “less than 1%” argument is one NPR loves to trot out whenever it is confronted, yet it still shrieks to high Heaven at the mere suggestion that federal funding be taken away. Something doesn’t add up there.”
Very true during fundraising they constantly talk about how little Federal money they get, but should someone in congress suggest even just a cut in their funding it’s all hands on deck to stop it.
They are so “woke” they recently had a story/tweet that there is little evidence that men have an advantage over women in sports. They did correct it somewhat by linking it to testosterone levels.
Which legacy media networks are NOT State-Affiliated? NPR should consider this a lesson in what double-standards feel like on the receiving end.
“Mommy, he’s looking at me!”
nothing can change without a veto proof majority.
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AN EXTENSION OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
the official NPR account is “US state-affiliated media.”
Truth!
"From federal sources." More lawyerly weasel words.
They get a lot of money from state affiliates, who got their money from federal sources.
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