Among the many truly awesome things Elon has done during his time as "Chief Twit" this may be the most perfect move he's made so far.
NPR has been marked as "State-affiliated media" on their Twitter profile so that people know that they are a propaganda mouthpiece for the government and not objective journalists.
And they DO NOT like it.
Now, atop every NPR tweet the "state-affiliated media" tag is proudly displayed.
From Forbes:
Twitter added a warning to NPR's Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as "state-affiliated media," a label that's typically been reserved for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like Russia's RT and China's Xinhua.
NPR was previously excluded from this tag because the government doesn't have direct editorial oversight of the news network. However, we all REALLY know that they are nothing more than a regime mouthpiece, and Musk apparently recognized this fact too and removed the exception for NPR.
Also, here's another important note from Forbes.
Twitter responded to a request for comment late Tuesday with a poop emoji, an automated response set up by CEO Elon Musk.
Here Elon actually responds to the outcry:
This is what winning looks like.
