They take govt money so they are a govt entity! They are state affiliated. I can’t think of a big govt policy they opposed or any big investigative story that runs counter the this admin, so the label is perfect and they are lying to themselves. If you don’t wan the label. Don’t take the govt funds…
People/Companies don’t want to quit Twitter so they have to put up with Musk using it as his fidget spinner. I am surprised NPR didn’t just put up with it.
I think companies are quickly realizing that they don’t need Twitter as much as Twitter needs them (this is part of why Twitter under Musk is failing so spectacularly). NPR won’t be the last.
Hell, even Matt Taibbi and the other “Twitter Files” people have quit Twitter at this point.
I presume a lack of any nuance opening up for false equivalency. It’s also a path for Musk to have more fun as I doubt he’ll stop trying to make labels and identifications to his whims.
I threw a presume in there, but yeah things like North Korea and Russia Today. To blur the lines with government controlled media so that they’re all the same.
So I am now curious. What is the difference of “that” government when it is run by a Democrat or Republican administration? Or when either of the two houses of Congress flips?
To me , there’s a huge difference when talking about which state the media outlet represents. i.e. in a democratic country, even a state-funded outlet would retain certain editorial independence.