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The international media non-profit said the categorization — first as «US state-affiliated media» and later «government-funded media» — prompted the outlet to stop posting «fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds,» according to a Wednesday statement.
«It would be a disservice to the serious work you all do here to continue to share it on a platform that is associating the federal charter for public media with an abandoning of editorial independence or standards,» NPR CEO John Lansing said in an email to staff explaining the decision.
Owned by Elon Musk, Twitter is working to undermine NPR’s credibility, the outlet said.
Twitter labeled NPR’s main account as «US state-affiliated media» last week.
