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PBS Joins NPR and Local affiliates to boycott Twitter

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variety.com

PBS Suspends Twitter Posting, Joining NPR in Boycotting Musk-Owned Platform Over ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label

PBS said it has suspended posting to Twitter after Elon Musk’s social network pinned a “government-funded media” descriptor to its primary account. The public TV broadcaster joins…
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So far we seen NPR and local affiliates join in and boycott Twitter. Now PBS joins in with NPR. Expect PBS affiliates join the Twitter Boycott soon over Elon Musk's Government Funded label.


PBS said it has suspended posting to Twitter after Elon Musk’s social network pinned a “government-funded media” descriptor to its primary account. The public TV broadcaster joins NPR in ceasing Twitter activity following the Twitter changes, which the organizations say inaccurately represent them.

“PBS stopped tweeting from our account when we learned of the change and we have no plans to resume at this time,” a rep said in a statement to Variety. “We are continuing to monitor the ever-changing situation closely.”

PBS, which currently has 2.2 million Twitter followers, says that U.S. federal funding provides about 15% of the revenue for the public television system. According to the org, over the course of a year, 86% of all U.S. television households — representing more than 230 million people — watch PBS programming.
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/pbsnewshour

Here is the PBS News hour feed and it's shut down for now.


https://mobile.twitter.com/WGBHNews
WGBH is the first PBS affiliate to shut down their Twitter feed as of this posting.
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so it's still a active account but they wiped out everything post wise, i would have gone a step further and permanently deleted the account and then tell everyone online on other platforms and websites that we have permanently left the platform for good.
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
so it's still a active account but they wiped out everything post wise, i would have gone a step further and permanently deleted the account and then tell everyone online on other platforms and websites that we have permanently left the platform for good.
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That's the wrong one. Its @NewsHour.
 
norcalpublicmedia.org

NorCal Public Media backs NPR and PBS by Leaving Twitter

April 13, 2023 A STATEMENT FROM DARREN LASHELLE, PRESIDENT & CEO of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC MEDIA Dear Friends and Supporters of Northern
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KRCB-TV and KRCB-FM Santa Rosa, CA NPR and PBS affiliate exits from Twitter to join their Networks boycott of Twitter.

A STATEMENT FROM DARREN LASHELLE, PRESIDENT & CEO of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC MEDIA

Dear Friends and Supporters of Northern California Public Media (KRCB TV, KPJK TV, KRCB FM),

Last week the social media platform Twitter labeled PBS and NPR’s official Twitter accounts as “state-affiliated media,” a designation usually given to government-controlled media outlets. Twitter later changed that label to “government-funded media.” Both labels are inaccurate.

PBS and NPR have therefore announced that their organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine PBS and NPR’s credibility by falsely implying that PBS/NPR are not editorially independent.
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www.mainepublic.org

Maine Public is stepping away from Twitter. Here's why

Maine Public is suspending activity on Twitter, joining NPR, PBS and many public media stations across the country. Twitter's actions erroneously call into question the editorial independence of two of our largest content providers and undermine our own credibility by association. 
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Maine Public the PBS and NPR affiliate in the state issues a statement that they are leaving Twitter for the same reasons in support of their Networks.
 
www.reuters.com

Elon Musk's Starship explodes minutes after first test flight's liftoff

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk's development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars.
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An Elon Musk connected company SpaceX has been hit with a disaster involving one of their rockets.
 
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.reuters.com

Elon Musk's Starship explodes minutes after first test flight's liftoff

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk's development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars.
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An Elon Musk connected company SpaceX has been hit with a disaster involving one of their rockers.
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Musk is used to stuff he makes catching on fire...
 
I've never worked for a PBS or NPR station, so I wonder what the donation source breakdown is like. I can't imagine Twitter drives that much revenue their way. And yes, my local affiliates are also "pausing" Twitter.
 
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