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		nailer on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-af... The policy isn’t political, it applies to all government funded media accounts.

minsc_and_boo on April 12, 2023 [–]

BBC just had their state-affiliated label removed.

https://twitter.com/BBC

nailer on April 12, 2023 | [–]

It’s been replaced with “publicly funded” which I think will also apply to NPR.

minsc_and_boo on April 13, 2023 | | [–]

Which makes you wonder why it was never applied.

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