NPR says goodbye to Elon Musk’s Twitter
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NPR is quitting Twitter, saying that the social network owned and run by Elon Musk is "undermining our credibility." The decision was made about a week after Musk branded NPR with the "state-affiliated media" tag, which is typically applied to propaganda outlets controlled by governments.
"NPR's organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent," NPR said in a statement provided to Ars today. "We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public's understanding of our editorial independence."
In what's apparently a final series of tweets, NPR posted a thread listing the various non-Twitter methods of accessing NPR content. "We are turning away from Twitter but not from our audiences and communities. There are plenty of ways to stay connected and keep up with NPR's news, music, and cultural content," NPR's statement said.