In a series of emails with an NPR reporter, the CEO of Twitter suggested that the designation is being re-examined, but it has not yet been removed.
Musk, in another email, compared NPR to media outlets controlled by governments of other countries, while also admitting"it sounds like" that might not be the case.
Musk's comments to NPR over the past two days only further clouded what was already a confusing situation.Since Musk took over the platform in October, Twitter has at times taken a hostile stance toward the national press. Musk's row with NPR is just the latest instance of the Twitter CEO's increasingly confrontational stance toward the mainstream media, which often covers Musk and his companies critically.
John Lansing, NPR's president and chief executive, said in a statement that he was"disturbed" that Twitter has flagged the network as a state-affiliated news organization."It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way," Lansing said in a statement.Despite professing an interest in fairness, Musk appears to have run afoul of Twitter's own guidelines in giving NPR a label that can harm its credibility.
"In the end, [we] felt that the most fair and balanced way to implement labels was to call out state connections that had a demonstrated track record of influencing content of news reporting," the former Twitter executive said.
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