Twitter added a "state-affiliated media" label to NPR's account on Tuesday, implying that the Washington-based nonprofit news organization is either connected to or controlled by the federal government and has therefore compromised its editorial independence.
This is the same label that the social media site uses for propaganda outlets such as the Russian-government-owned RT and the Chinese Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper. However, Twitter has not used the designation for other media organizations that gain substantial funding from governments such as The Voice of America, the BBC and the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
