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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by roflyear on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:22PM (#35544367)
That would make probably almost all businesses in the US federally funded, as the US government is the single largest employer of people, and those people spend their money at private businesses. The US government purchases things from private businesses.

Come on.

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by wyager on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:36PM (#35544584)
Yeah? Lockheed Martin could be reasonably described as "federally funded".
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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by roflyear on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:37PM (#35548642)
Sure, but then what's the point of bringing it up at all?
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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by wyager on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:11PM (#35559637)
Because that's what the thread is about? If twitter marked lockheed as "government funded organization" I would not care
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