NPR Says It’s Done Using Twitter After Elon’s ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label

[alyoshakaramazov1]

Can someone tell me how this isn’t exactly what Musk intended to happen?

How does NPR’s decision hurt Twitter?

Because if this doesn’t hurt Musk, it helps him.

[inversion]

Justin Baragona (justinbaragona)

[inversion]

He can’t lose well known outlets or celebrities on something he paid a large chunk of change for.

If he saw NPR leaving as a win, he wouldn’t have tweeted that they should be defunded.

[inversion]

He was nicer to King and John.

[inversion]

@inversion

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Defund @NPR

I’m thankful that Doordash isn’t subject to dry laws.

[bcgister]

@kelaine

Twitter is still the best place for non-profits (such as animal rescue organizations) for real-time content and communication.

I tried to get a robin down there about a week back, but it was too fleet of foot and we couldn’t catch it.

[longriver]

It’s like Elon is on a suicide mission to destroy his brand.

[lastroth]

@bcgister

As my mother would have had it, when you lay down with dogs, you wake up with Russian intelligence assets, er, fleas.

What about Russian intelligence assets with fleas?

[karlwlewis]

@longriver

It’s like Elon is on a suicide mission to destroy his brand.

And I, for one, wish that POS the very best luck on his mission. May he be wildly successful.

[kelaine]

They do amazing work. They could not do it with the public’s help, and sometimes that means tweeting out alerts asking for immediate assistance…especially during migration season when there are so many window collisions.

Not a window collision, but one of their most recent success stories -

Wild Bird Fund (wildbirdfund)

Wild Bird Fund (wildbirdfund)

[karlwlewis]

@lastroth

What about Russian intelligence assets with fleas?

We should check with Maria Butina.

(Although, I’d suspect crabs, more likely than fleas, but, whatever.)

[lastroth]

Well at least he didn’t have any line to go along with that hook and sinker.

[inversion]

pauses

and I quote, .

[inversion]

“bUt iTs a Win”,

[kelaine]

Here’s a pic of him before they caught him.

[littlegirlblue]

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and whatever else is out there that fits into the social media category. doesn’t exist in my universe. They’re responsible for so many of the communications problems we have, lies, misinformation, etc., and beloved by lying liars, mainly on the right but particularly fat boy.

[not_so_fluffy]

@birdford

who seem to believe that if they provide 1% of funding they should have 100% control of the content.

Which is nonsense, of course, because corporate donors have the real control…

[littlegirlblue]

His brand, that is Tesla, is going strong here in SF. I see Teslas of all sizes and models every day, some of them sell for as much as $100k, clearly there’s no move to boycott their sales or trade them in or whatever. Musk has no reason to think his brand is being harmed.

[tombouctou]

Thank you, NPR!
Now if only they had pulled Mara Liasson (who was used as a prop to push the same narrative) from FoxNews years ago.

Any one else notice the Fox News Sunday “Fair and Balanced” panel would have a dude from National Review (right of center), moderator Chris Wallace (also slightly right of center) and Mara Liasson who was supposed to be, wait… representing the left b/c she’s on NPR?! I can’t believe they let her be used like that in their propaganda efforts for so long. It was tragic to watch.
Thank you NPR for finally defending yourself and the institution of journalism.

[texastoast]

i have never understood why people use Twizzle.