Gwendolyn Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendolyn Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 I worry the BBC is next and many more organisations, all that will be left is fake news twitter accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carry My Heart Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 While I don't think many others will be following suit, this is very troubling. He's beyond dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hephaestus Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev8 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I remember when all of the Right was leaving Twitter because their hateful views were not allowed and that Trump was banned imagine if We started to leave now seems like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Dean Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Wolf Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Gaga is next No Gaga, no Twitter ratings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stjosephprey4us Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Good riddance to bad trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Wouldn't be surprised if more outlets follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magazine Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 All companies should start this. Let's END twitter for good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAVYONIT Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 They’re my favorite news outlet for a reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Funny that what prompted this decision was them being labeled "state-affiliated media", which is 100% true regardless of how independent they think they are. I'm sure they championed such labels when it was slapped on the likes of RT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIVERT Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 As they should. In no way should NPR be bracketed in with fake news, propaganda factories like RT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtForFreedom Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 They should sue for defamation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keter Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The class act news organization. The naysayers will say “they are state-affiliated!” and post no evidence thereof. Despicable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) I love NPR Edited April 12, 2023 by Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miichael Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 1 hour ago, moo said: Funny that what prompted this decision was them being labeled "state-affiliated media", which is 100% true regardless of how independent they think they are. I'm sure they championed such labels when it was slapped on the likes of RT. NPR and RT are not comparable at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimulus Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 NPR is just one of many organizations leaving or cutting their use of Twitter. If Twitter continues to be mismanaged like this, the only accounts left on Twitter will be right-wing extremists, outrage artists, bots, and MLM/crypto scammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 59 minutes ago, Miichael said: NPR and RT are not comparable at all They're both state-affiliated media, like officially so. So is the BBC, when does that get the label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimulus Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, moo said: They're both state-affiliated media, like officially so. So is the BBC, when does that get the label? The funding figures are not even close. RT is 99.5% to 99.9% funded by the Russian government. Quote RT’s parent company, TV-Novosti, is registered as a state-owned Autonomous Non-commercial Organization (ANO) with the Russian Ministry of Justice. According to TV-Novosti’s official filings with the Ministry, it is almost entirely funded by the state budget, with the exact figure ranging annually between 99.5% and 99.9%. NPR's funding from the U.S. government is much, much lower. Quote NPR's two largest revenue sources are corporate sponsorships and fees paid by NPR Member organizations to support a suite of programs, tools, and services. Other sources of revenue include institutional grants, individual contributions and fees paid by users of the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS; i.e. Satellite interconnection and distribution). On average, less than 1% of NPR's annual operating budget comes in the form of grants from CPB and federal agencies and departments. Edited April 12, 2023 by Stimulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuition Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 46 minutes ago, Stimulus said: The funding figures are not even close. RT is 99.5% to 99.9% funded by the Russian government. NPR's funding from the U.S. government is much, much lower. But the NPR Member organizations that pay them dues do receive significant state and federal funding. From the same NPR link: Quote Federal funding is essential to public radio's service to the American public and its continuation is critical for both stations and program producers, including NPR. Public radio stations receive annual grants directly from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that make up an important part of a diverse revenue mix that includes listener support, corporate sponsorship and grants. Stations, in turn, draw on this mix of public and privately sourced revenue to pay NPR and other public radio producers for their programming. These station programming fees comprise a significant portion of NPR's largest source of revenue. The loss of federal funding would undermine the stations' ability to pay NPR for programming, thereby weakening the institution. Cute accounting trick I'll grant, but they do spell it out well below the fold. As long as they require significant state and federal funding to function, they can't be considered independent from state influence, thus the affiliation tag. Not that it all matters much, as the U.S. government has plenty of alternate means to influence and control nominally fully independent media outlets. Which is why these stupid labels that no one cares about should just be removed all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Bloo Posted April 12, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2023 I think more media outlets should join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Communion Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Miichael said: NPR and RT are not comparable at all Both do the bidding of the oligarchy ran government whose country they operate out of. Fascism is the end state of capitalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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