The Unofficial "Elon Musk trying to "Save Everyone" from Themselves (except his Step-Sister)" Thread...

[The Evil Genius]

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

So I’m assuming Twitter would have to leave all of Europe to avoid the fine, unless US also enforces EU fines as some sort of trade agreement?

 

 

[Captain Wiggles]

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

2 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

I think it was because he didn’t want to dispositioned.

[TradeTheBeal!]

He bought Twitter because he thought it gave him an avenue to become the apex white power media overlord kingmaker on the planet.

 

And he continues to pursue that goal relentlessly each and every day.

[Cooked Crack]

 

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 NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform. In explaining its decision, NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network "state-affiliated media," the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China and other autocratic countries. 

 

The decision by Twitter last week took the public radio network off guard. When queried by NPR tech reporter Bobby Allyn, Twitter owner Elon Musk asked how NPR functioned. Musk allowed that he might have gotten it wrong. 

 

Twitter then revised its label on NPR's account to "government-funded media." The news organization says that is inaccurate and misleading, given that NPR is a private, nonprofit company with editorial independence. It receives less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget from the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

 

Yet by going silent on Twitter, NPR's chief executive says the network is protecting its credibility and its ability to produce journalism without "a shadow of negativity."

Musk succeeding in alienating content creators

[CousinsCowgirl84]

NPR gets most of its money from local affiliates, who get most of their money from the government. So I guess it depends on how you want to slice the cheese. However, there is no evidence that the government has influence on what they say/write.

[GoCommiesGo]

1 hour ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

NPR gets most of its money from local affiliates, who get most of their money from the government. So I guess it depends on how you want to slice the cheese. However, there is no evidence that the government has influence on what they say/write.

 

That's not accurate. NPR gets the majority of it's money from corporate sponsorships, from what I can see it receives 1% from direct federal funding and 10% from indirect sources. 

 

NPR Funding 

 

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 Presently, NPR receives funding for less than 1% of its budget directly from the federal government, but receives almost 10% of its budget from federal, state, and local governments indirectly. ²

 

 

NPR - Public Radio Finances

 

Chart is NPR overall funding. 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

52 minutes ago, GoCommiesGo said:

 

That's not accurate. NPR gets the majority of it's money from corporate sponsorships, from what I can see it receives 1% from direct federal funding and 10% from indirect sources. 

 

NPR Funding 

 

 

 

NPR - Public Radio Finances

 

Chart is NPR overall funding. 

It depends on where the money is comming from from those other catagories, but this where I got my info from

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR

Although NPR receives less than 1% of its direct funding from the federal government,^[10] member stations (which pay dues amounting to approximately one third of NPR's revenue), tend to receive far larger portions of their budgets from state governments, and also the US government through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]} NPR is not state-run media, and operates independently of any government or corporation.

 

 

of course, wiki is some times not the most reliable.

[TradeTheBeal!]

“Far larger portions” than “less than 1%”?  That’s some smooth math.

[TradeTheBeal!]

Super-genius.

[CousinsCowgirl84]

What did NPR report that has gotten Musk all hot and bothered?

 

[GoCommiesGo]

1 minute ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

What did NPR report that has gotten Musk all hot and bothered?

 

They left twitter, and now he's unhappy. He's a man child and can't control his big feelings. 

[Cooked Crack]

9 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

What did NPR report that has gotten Musk all hot and bothered?

 

He just hates journalism. I don't think they did anything for him to add state affiliated media initially. He could also be doing it to get love from fellow conservatives.

 

 

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

8 minutes ago, GoCommiesGo said:

They left twitter, and now he's unhappy. He's a man child and can't control his big feelings. 

They left Twitter because he labeled them state affiliated media 

[GoCommiesGo]

Just now, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

They left Twitter because he labeled them state affiliated media 

I understand, that and he's angry they actually left. Him shouting "defund" is an easy thing for people of a certain though process to rally around. They see NPR and think that the government gives them all their money and therefore chooses what they report. 

 

He's not a deep person, there are no interconnecting dots here. He's effectively Charlie working in the mailroom right now. 

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

 

12 minutes ago, GoCommiesGo said:

I understand, that and he's angry they actually left. Him shouting "defund" is an easy thing for people of a certain though process to rally around. They see NPR and think that the government gives them all their money and therefore chooses what they report. 

 

He's not a deep person, there are no interconnecting dots here. He's effectively Charlie working in the mailroom right now. 

 

I feel like he was angry at them before this, that’s my point.

 

 

He’s got that thing a lot of leaders have which is to double down when challenged.  That works sometime when your ideas are good, but when you say dumb stuff the tendency to double down on being wrong is a huge character flaw. I know he is angry at them for calling him on his bull****, but what was the thought process. If you’re going to do bull**** things why not just label CNN and MSNBC deepstate sponsored news? Why single out NPR which from what I know about it is the most vanilla just the facts news organization out there….

Edited April 12, 2023 by CousinsCowgirl84

[Captain Wiggles]

1 hour ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

If you’re going to do bull**** things why not just label CNN and MSNBC deepstate sponsored news? 

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[Renegade7]

11 hours ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

NPR gets most of its money from local affiliates, who get most of their money from the government. So I guess it depends on how you want to slice the cheese. However, there is no evidence that the government has influence on what they say/write.

 

They aren't anything like RT...he's attacking their credibility in lock-step with GOP been wanting to get rid of PBS as well...

[Captain Wiggles]

GOP hates PBS cuz Big Birds been woke since the 1970s. That's why Reagan cut their funding. 😬

[ixcuincle]

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1646513362023645195?t=WUovUyLVXMPe-T3naA8iGQ&s=19

 

[The Evil Genius]

When 2 words aren't enough to prove you are a ****.

 

 

 

Edited April 13, 2023 by The Evil Genius

[Cooked Crack]