#Elon can’t make his mind up. #npr now no longer ‘state affiliated’ media… now ‘government funded.’ This all makes no sense at all. Also @VOANews is suddenly labelled government funded too… and yet is a public diplomacy outlet - so it operates in a very different way to @npr Here #twitter and #ElonMusk revealing they have no idea how these broadcasters are governed and what they do. #media#publicdiplomacy 🧵
@npr What I would do… I would have a clear as hell #Twitter label for #media that’s known to be demonstrably ‘government controlled’ like #RT, I would keep ‘state affiliated’ for softer influence like #VOANews#RFERL#bbcworldservice#AJEnglish, and have ‘public broadcaster’ #bbc#npr. (And keep an eye on whether government interference continues #BBC which might shift it toward my ‘state affiliated’ category)