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KCRW and LAist joins the NPR vs Twitter Boycott

DarrenVision said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1646313613525938177

www.kcrw.com

Why KCRW is leaving Twitter — and where else to find us | KCRW

Twitter has falsely labeled NPR as “state-affiliated media.” It’s a term the platform applies to propaganda outlets in countries without a free press.
www.kcrw.com
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I'm not so sure it is cut and dry either way. "State-affiliated media" doesn't totally seem to fit, but it isn't really untrue either. "State-funded media" would be better.

I reject the idea that "state-affiliated media" is or should only used to label foreign "propaganda machines", which is over-the-top language and doesn't qualify as the quality journalism that they are supposedly trying project.
 
Ryan Williams said:
I'm not so sure it is cut and dry either way. "State-affiliated media" doesn't totally seem to fit, but it isn't really untrue either. "State-funded media" would be better.
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Social media companies should not be in the business of putting labels on its users. Period. Not their job. They went through this before when the previous owners put labels on misinformation. If NPR posts something people disagree with, the people will attack them directly. You don't need Elon Musk playing God. Let the people decide.
 
TheBigA said:
You don't need Elon Musk playing God. Let the people decide.
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We don't need Elon Musk to play God. Elon Musk needs Elon Musk to play God. Unfortunately, there are too many folks out there that want Elon Musk to play God.

Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, the day Twitter shuts down for good will be the best thing that happened to the United States since Nixon's resignation. It serves no useful purpose whatsoever, and never has, regardless of who the owner is/was.. It's done far more harm to the country than good, and I can't think of any good it's done.
 
TheBigA said:
Meanwhile, Elon Musk gets almost $5 billion in government subsidies, according to this:
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And any other company doing business in the areas where there are government funds available does the same. Look at all the solar panel startups that got nearly full funding back about 12 or 13 years right after the 2008 recession. Like this example, there are dozens in everything from rare metals to farm subsidies.
TheBigA said:
That's 10 times the total appropriation that goes to CPB.
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And vastly less than the appropriations for many of the "new energy" windmill and solar enterprises.
 
KeithE4 said:
Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, the day Twitter shuts down for good will be the best thing that happened to the United States since Nixon's resignation. It serves no useful purpose whatsoever, and never has, regardless of who the owner is/was.. It's done far more harm to the country than good, and I can't think of any good it's done.
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Think about how it helped and still helps in cases or situations like the Arab Spring (not Irish Spring... that's a soap!), the Hong Kong protests, the resistance movement in Myanmar and the current opposition to the corrupt and incompetent government in Peru.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
On Elon's website, Elon does. That is how ownership works. If you don't like it, feel free to use other websites.
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I think we all heard the chorus back when you-know-who got banned from Twitter... "It's a private company, if you don't like it, build your own Twitter!".

Now, in the case of Twitter, the tables have turned.
 
TheBigA said:
Did that apply to the previous president? Was he wrong to sue?

www.bbc.com

Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging 'censorship'

The former president's accounts were suspended over safety concerns after the Capitol riots.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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BigA, as usual you fail to distinguish apples and oranges. The big media companies (most likely illegally and in coordination with the government, see Tallibi Twitter Files reporting) conspired to deprive Trump's voice from the collective public square, depriving him of his first ammendment rights.

Elon has not deprived NPR et. al of anything. He put a label on them that they do not like.

Not even in the same universe.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
Elon has not deprived NPR et. al of anything. He put a label on them that they do not like.
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He put a label on them that isn't correct. Read how they describe their label:

Government-funded media is defined as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.
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The government has NO involvement over editorial content. As Mike Pompeo learned when he was secretary of state.

www.huffpost.com

Mike Pompeo Cursed, Yelled At NPR's Mary Louise Kelly For Asking About Ukraine

Kelly said Pompeo used the "F-word" and asked her to find Ukraine on a map after she urged him to answer her questions during an interview.
www.huffpost.com www.huffpost.com

This is like when twitter put misinformation labels on anti-vax tweets by various conservatives.
 
It’s Elon Musk’s social media platform. He bought it. I haven’t agreed with everything he’s done. But he purchased it. So, he has the right to do what he wants. Like radio, the goal of Twitter is to make money. They lost millions in recent years. If NPR or KCRW wants to leave Twitter, that’s on them. Other media platforms will still be on. Twitter will still be alive regardless of NPR pitching a fit
 
And thanks to Elon he wants to turn one of twitters bldg into a homeless shelter but the owners of the bldg won't allow it. Elon is trying to do some good things.
 
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