Elon's Soviet style post-event alteration of Twitter policy to attack NPR
Let's be clear what just happened. Elon Musk apparently was unhappy
about at least one NPR story. So he arbitrarily slapped NPR with the
"state affiliated media" label usually reserved for propaganda outlets
under government editorial control like Russia's RT and the Chinese
Communist Party newspaper. NPR only gets a tiny percentage of its
funding from the government, which conservatives have long been trying
to zero out completely. Voice of America, BBC, and "Stars and Stripes"
are not so designated, despite being under government editorial control.
Worse, Elon *retroactively* moved after the fact to specifically remove
NPR from the section of Twitter policy that explained that outlets like
BBC and NPR were not considered to be government-affiliated media.
He continues to respond to official queries with a poop emoji.
No media organization or advertiser is safe dealing with him. Nor is the
U.S. government. End these relationships as quickly as practicable,
before you regret being in bed with his twisted sensibilities.
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