Comment on Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

• Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because Space Daddy said so

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• 30mag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American non-profit media organization … It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR

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  • ultimitchow@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    NPR operates independently of any government or corporation, and has full control of its content.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR

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    • 30mag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just said that:

      A whole host of things are state-afilliated. That shouldn’t be conflated with ran by the state, or operated by the state, or controlled by the state, which is probably the concern.
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      • ringwraithfish@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Twitter's definition of state-affiliated:

        How state-affiliated media accounts are defined

        State-affiliated media is defined as outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution. Accounts belonging to state-affiliated media entities, their editors-in-chief, and/or their prominent staff may be labeled. We will also add labels to posts that share links to state-affiliated media websites.

        Conspiracy theories aside, AFAIK there's no evidence that any level of the US government exercises control over NPR.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s the problem for me. If they are receiving any state funding they need to report facts as unbiased as possible

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      • floppade@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because they’re a non-profit, their tax forms are publicly available. These forms are called 990s. This is why many people are responding as though they’re very annoyed with your perspective, because the evidence is free and public by law.

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  • floppade@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Established by an act” doesn’t mean the same thing as “maintained by Congress.” If your argument were true, NPR wouldn’t be able to operate during government shutdowns, since they’d be federal employees.

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    • 30mag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ,>“Established by an act” doesn’t mean the same thing as “maintained by Congress.”

      I didn’t say that.

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      • floppade@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m normally nice but perceive you as insincere.

        Did your second grade teacher not go over what context is with you?

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      • valek879@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly. You should have said it so others don’t have to point it out.

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