NPR temporarily stopped it's twitter accounts in a "state-media" beef with Elon Musk

[DarrenVision]

NPR protests as Twitter calls it 'state-affiliated media'

Twitter labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” a move that some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization. NPR President John Lansing called it “unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way.” It was unclear what prompted the move. Twitter...

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Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today

Twitter added a warning to NPR’s Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” a label that’s typically been reserved for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua.

www.forbes.com

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label

NPR quits Twitter, says the platform is 'undermining' its credibility

“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence,” the outlet said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

This is an odd one unless Elon Musk has evidence that NPR and their affiliates are about to release a huge story about him that he does not want his fans to know about then this is circling allegations that are already out there with Musk.

Elon Musk seeks to end $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit

Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

www.reuters.com

Tesla ordered to pay $3.2 million to Black ex-worker in US race bias case

The verdict came after a week-long retrial in the 2017 lawsuit by plaintiff Owen Diaz, who in 2021 was awarded $137 million by a different jury.

www.reuters.com

The news outlet that really covered Elon Musk extensively is Reuters. They covered Elon Musk's lawsuits at Tesla and his cryptocurrency lawsuits.

Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

Between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras.

www.reuters.com

Elon Musk has not provided a specific evidence against NPR though.

 

[Theater of My Mind]

This is an odd one unless Elon Musk has evidence that NPR and their affiliates are about to release a huge story about him that he does not want his fans to know about then this is circling allegations that are already out there with Musk.

Elon Musk has not provided a specific evidence against NPR though.

You're overthinking it. Musk bought twitter so he could push rightwing rhetoric that aligns with his personal beliefs. He wants to transform it into a conservative social media platform.

NPR being a liberal government-funded media outlet is a favorite rightwing lie and he's amplifying that, along with a many other things through his actions on the site. Evidence is never a part of rightwing bunk.

 

[TheBigA]

Just a few years ago, conservatives forced Twitter's Jack Dorsey to testify in front of congress over a similar labeling process.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/tech/twitter-election-warning-label/index.html

Bottom line is that no one likes to be labeled by someone else. Time to haul Musk into Congress to explain himself.

 

[DarrenVision]

what happens if NPR pulls out of Tesla cars as a protest

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

You're overthinking it. Musk bought twitter so he could push rightwing rhetoric that aligns with his personal beliefs. He wants to transform it into a conservative social media platform.

NPR being a liberal government-funded media outlet is a favorite rightwing lie and he's amplifying that, along with a many other things through his actions on the site. Evidence is never a part of rightwing bunk.

True but it's AP and Reuters that has covered Elon Musk extensively with all the lawsuits. I know I said the same stuff in other places about when PBS and NPR get targeted for political rants which in reality is about CPB funding to affiliates.

Court hears appeal of ruling favoring Musk in SolarCity deal

Attorneys for a group of Tesla shareholders are asking Delaware's Supreme Court to overturn a judge’s decision in favor of CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins.

apnews.com

 

[TheBigA]

what happens if NPR pulls out of Tesla cars as a protest

That's an interesting question. Not sure how that would happen. A lot of NPR listeners like Tesla because they support clean energy and electric vehicles. It seems counter-productive for Musk to take a political turn when the people he's alienating are his car customers.

 

[Theater of My Mind]

That's an interesting question. Not sure how that would happen. A lot of NPR listeners like Tesla because they support clean energy and electric vehicles. It seems counter-productive for Musk to take a political turn when the people he's alienating are his car customers.

A lot of Tesla's customers -- or potential customers -- are exactly the type of people Musk is pushing away with his increasingly polarizing actions. Just speaking for myself, I've been researching EVs for a while thinking that's going to be my next vehicle. Tesla was pretty much at the top of my list. Now it's not a brand I would consider buying under any circumstances. I don't want to give a dime to Musk regardless of how good Teslas may be.

He has also reportedly pushed away a number of twitter advertisers who don't want to be associated with his controversies.

His desire to push his personal political views seem to be at odds with smart business decisions but it seems like he just can't help himself.

NPR really should take a stand and threaten to pull its app from Tesla.

 

[gr8oldies]

The right was POed over an NPR fact check of Dear Leader's speech after being indicted and that's what sparked it

 

[Negin]

Someone needs to shoot Twitter and take it out back and bury it.

 

[valvashon]

It's about time. Here's hoping that other media companies and everybody else will follow. Reducing your information to 140 characters literally destroyed literacy here in the U.S.- both with regards to being able to articulate your message and being able to read anything longer than a few sentences. Creating Twitter was literally the worst thing Jack Dorsey could have done.

 

[JJSPC]

In perspective...Twitter was probably more valuable exposure wise to NPR than NPR being an asset to Twitter.

 

[TheBigA]

In perspective...Twitter was probably more valuable exposure wise to NPR than NPR being an asset to Twitter.

Maybe. Remember that the main purpose of twitter is to generate views for advertisers. NPR brings over a million followers, and posted a lot of user-generated content that brought views to twitter advertising. By stopping the posting of new content, NPR is no longer creating that user generated content that twitter needs. Is a few million views a drop in the bucket? Sure. But the more the site alienates its content creators, the less valuable its site is to advertisers.

 

[Kelly A]

In perspective...Twitter was probably more valuable exposure wise to NPR than NPR being an asset to Twitter.

Exactly. When it comes to enhanced underwriting/advertising, NPR is struggling just like every other media company. Advertising has been entering some weird ice age since 2008. NPR is in no position to cut their nose off by cutting ties with major underwriter(s).

 

[wadio]

Someone needs to shoot Twitter and take it out back and bury it.

No, we're a free society. People need to get out of it and over it on their own.

 

[gr8oldies]

It's about time. Here's hoping that other media companies and everybody else will follow. Reducing your information to 140 characters literally destroyed literacy here in the U.S.- both with regards to being able to articulate your message and being able to read anything longer than a few sentences. Creating Twitter was literally the worst thing Jack Dorsey could have done.

On the contrary, cutting to the chase with your message was a good thing (just like radio). What's bad is web articles that talk in circles and never get the point

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion

A California Tesla owner on Friday sued the electric carmaker in a prospective class action lawsuit accusing it of violating the privacy of customers.

www.reuters.com

Here is another one Elon Musk and Tesla is hit with a Class Action Lawsuit for Privacy violation allegations. If Elon Musk is playing the defamation claim against Reuters over questionable allegations then lets see that in one of the trials.

Elon Musk's rants against NPR has no standing what so ever. But the investigative stories Reuters have done in relation to Elon Musk then that arguement can be tried in court.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 (Reuters) - A California Tesla owner on Friday sued the electric carmaker in a prospective class action lawsuit accusing it of violating the privacy of customers.

The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came after Reuters reported on Thursday that groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras between 2019 and 2022.
The lawsuit, filed by Henry Yeh, a San Francisco resident who owns Tesla's Model Y, alleges that Tesla employees were able to access the images and videos for their "tasteless and tortious entertainment" and "the humiliation of those surreptitiously recorded."

"Like anyone would be, Mr Yeh was outraged at the idea that Tesla's cameras can be used to violate his family's privacy, which the California Constitution scrupulously protects," Jack Fitzgerald, an attorney representing Yeh, said in a statement to Reuters.

 

[Kelly A]

No, we're a free society. People need to get out of it and over it on their own.

Totally agree. If one doesn't like it that Elon turned Twitter into another Truth Social, nutty-4Chan/8Chan, that's his prerogative. Sort of like good ol' radio. Don't like the type of music? Listen somewhere else.

 

[Mikey Radio]

It seems counter-productive for Musk to take a political turn when the people he's alienating are his car customers.

A lot of what Musk has done, especially once he took over Twitter, seems counter-productive to good business sense, and even common sense. Remember, Musk paid $44Bn for Twitter and as of about 3 weeks ago he said he valued it at about $20Bn at that point. That means that, by his own admission, it's worth less than 1/2 of what he paid for it not terribly long ago.

 

[TheBigA]

Remember, Musk paid $44Bn for Twitter and as of about 3 weeks ago he said he valued it at about $20Bn at that point. That means that, by his own admission, it's worth less than 1/2 of what he paid for it not terribly long ago.

In other twitter news, Musk says the old company is dead, and it's now X Corp:

Twitter, Inc. is now X Corp.

Twitter, Inc. is now called X Corp., according to a court filing in California. Since Twitter is no longer a public company, it does not have to report updates like name changes to the SEC. "Twitter...

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