NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by woooooo on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:43PM (#35544698)

You will never, ever see a mainstream western news org demonize the US the way they do to Russia and China routinely.

Are they the exact same? No, but they're not so different when you zoom out. You don't need explicit censorship when you can manufacture consent at the hiring and promotion stages.

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:49PM (#35544795)

Do you think the US, China and Russia similar?

I have a lot of criticism for the US, but the US can at least punish its rulers at the ballot box. The US isn’t chucking journalists out the window or vanishing them on a regular basis. Objectively, it’s hard say the three are similar, as two of those countries deserve more criticism. They are not the same when you zoom out.

I am not an American.

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by woooooo on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:55PM (#35544873)

I could criticize or compliment all 3 depending on the topic or my mood.

If we're so much better in the west, maybe we can hold ourselves accountable and question our own biases.

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-a... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:34PM (#35545494)

If we are so much worse, why isn’t accountability and criticism a thing in a Russia and China?

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