Musk Says He Will Change NPR and the BBC’s “Government Funded Media” Labels to “Publicly-Funded Media”
On the subject of Twitter’s new labels for independent media outlets that receive some funding from the government or the public, Musk told the BBC that he would change the labels once more.
“We’re adjusting that we’re able to be publicly-funded, which I think is perhaps not too objectionable,” Musk said. “We’re trying to be accurate.”
Musk has been fighting with the BBC and American outlets like NPR, PBC, and Voice of America News about the labels over the last week. The debacle began when, seemingly out of the blue, Twitter affixed NPR’s Twitter profile with a “state-affiliated media” label, which is the same label used for established state propaganda outlets, like China’s like Xinhua News or Russia’s RT.
NPR said in a statement on Wednesday morning that its accounts would no longer be active on Twitter.
