"Defund @NPR," Musk wrote on Wednesday afternoon as he fired off numerous tweets attempting to justify the decisions that ultimately drove the outlet off the website. Earlier that day, NPR said that it will no longer be posting on the website after Twitter labeled its account "state-affiliated media."
"At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter," said NPR CEO John Lansing, adding that he "would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again," before deciding whether NPR would ever return to the platform.
