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'''National Public Radio''' ('''NPR''', stylized as '''npr''') is an American [[public broadcasting]] organization headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], with its NPR West headquarters in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade|title = Ten Years in Tinsel Town: NPR West Celebrates a Decade|newspaper = NPR|date = November 14, 2012|last1 = Kuypers|first1 = Melissa|access-date = March 17, 2021|archive-date = December 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184039/https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade|url-status = live}}</ref> It serves as a national [[Radio syndication|syndicator]] to a network of more than [[List of NPR stations|1,000 public radio stations]] in the United States.<ref name="Audience">{{cite web |title=Audience |url=http://nationalpublicmedia.com/npr/audience/ |access-date=January 23, 2018 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105153236/https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/npr/audience/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations, such as the [[Associated Press]], in that it was established by an act of Congress.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cpb.org/aboutpb/act/| title=Public Broadcasting Act of 1967| date=January 14, 2015| access-date=November 16, 2018| archive-date=December 10, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210115639/https://www.cpb.org/aboutpb/act| url-status=live}}</ref>
'''National Public Radio''' ('''NPR''', stylized as '''npr''') is an American [[public broadcasting]] organization headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], with its NPR West headquarters in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade|title = Ten Years in Tinsel Town: NPR West Celebrates a Decade|newspaper = NPR|date = November 14, 2012|last1 = Kuypers|first1 = Melissa|access-date = March 17, 2021|archive-date = December 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184039/https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade|url-status = live}}</ref> It serves as a national [[Radio syndication|syndicator]] to a network of more than [[List of NPR stations|1,000 public radio stations]] in the United States.<ref name="Audience">{{cite web |title=Audience |url=http://nationalpublicmedia.com/npr/audience/ |access-date=January 23, 2018 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105153236/https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/npr/audience/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations, such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cpb.org/aboutpb/act/| title=Public Broadcasting Act of 1967| date=January 14, 2015| access-date=November 16, 2018| archive-date=December 10, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210115639/https://www.cpb.org/aboutpb/act| url-status=live}}</ref>


Funding for NPR comes from dues and fees paid by member stations, underwriting from corporate sponsors, and annual grants from the publicly funded [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-20 |title=Public Radio Finances |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances |access-date=2022-12-29 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229062131/https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of its member stations are owned by [[non-profit organizations]], including [[public school district]]s, [[college]]s, and [[universities]]. NPR operates independently of any government or corporation, and has full control of its content.<ref>{{cite book |title=This Is NPR: The First Forty Years |page=433 |date=2012 |editor-first1=Cokie |editor-last1=Roberts |editor-first2=Susan |editor-last2=Stamberg |editor-first3=Noah |editor-last3=Adams |editor-first4=John |editor-last4=Ydstie |editor-first5=Renée |editor-last5=Montagne |editor-first6=Ari |editor-last6=Shapiro |editor-first7=David |editor-last7=Folkenflik |publisher=[[Chronicle Books]] |isbn=9781452120218}}</ref>
Funding for NPR comes from dues and fees paid by member stations, underwriting from corporate sponsors, and annual grants from the publicly funded [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-20 |title=Public Radio Finances |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances |access-date=2022-12-29 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229062131/https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of its member stations are owned by [[non-profit organizations]], including [[public school district]]s, [[college]]s, and [[universities]]. NPR operates independently of any government or corporation, and has full control of its content.<ref>{{cite book |title=This Is NPR: The First Forty Years |page=433 |date=2012 |editor-first1=Cokie |editor-last1=Roberts |editor-first2=Susan |editor-last2=Stamberg |editor-first3=Noah |editor-last3=Adams |editor-first4=John |editor-last4=Ydstie |editor-first5=Renée |editor-last5=Montagne |editor-first6=Ari |editor-last6=Shapiro |editor-first7=David |editor-last7=Folkenflik |publisher=[[Chronicle Books]] |isbn=9781452120218}}</ref>
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In April 2013, NPR moved from its home of 19 years (635 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] NW) to new offices and production facilities at 1111 North Capitol Street NE in a building adapted from the former [[Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility|C&P Telephone Warehouse and Repair Facility]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |title=New NPR Headquarters Nears Completion |publisher=NPR |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427112807/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The new headquarters—at the corner of North Capitol Street NE and L Street NW—is in the burgeoning [[NoMa]] neighborhood of Washington.<ref>{{cite news |first=Clinton |last=Yates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |title=NPR Moves to NoMa, D.C.'s SimCity of Gentrification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> The first show scheduled to be broadcast from the new studios was ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |title=Saying Goodbye to the Old NPR Headquarters |last1=Simon |first1=Scott |date=April 6, 2013 |website=[[Weekend Edition]] |publisher=NPR |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026132754/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Morning Edition]]'' was the last show to move to the new location.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | title = NPR Moves to New Headquarters – Morning Edition Airs First Broadcast from New Building Today | publisher = NPR | date = April 22, 2013 | access-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-date = May 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513142708/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In June 2013 NPR canceled the weekday call-in show ''[[Talk of the Nation]]''.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |title=A Fond Farewell to Talk of the Nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163136/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |series=Tell Me More |publisher=NPR |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref>
In April 2013, NPR moved from its home of 19 years (635 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] NW) to new offices and production facilities at 1111 North Capitol Street NE in a building adapted from the former [[Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility|C&P Telephone Warehouse and Repair Facility]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |title=New NPR Headquarters Nears Completion |publisher=NPR |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427112807/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The new headquarters—at the corner of North Capitol Street NE and L Street NW—is in the burgeoning [[NoMa]] neighborhood of Washington.<ref>{{cite news |first=Clinton |last=Yates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |title=NPR Moves to NoMa, D.C.'s SimCity of Gentrification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> The first show scheduled to be broadcast from the new studios was ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |title=Saying Goodbye to the Old NPR Headquarters |last1=Simon |first1=Scott |date=April 6, 2013 |website=[[Weekend Edition]] |publisher=NPR |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026132754/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Morning Edition]]'' was the last show to move to the new location.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | title = NPR Moves to New Headquarters – Morning Edition Airs First Broadcast from New Building Today | publisher = NPR | date = April 22, 2013 | access-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-date = May 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513142708/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In June 2013 NPR canceled the weekday call-in show ''[[Talk of the Nation]]''.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |title=A Fond Farewell to Talk of the Nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163136/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |series=Tell Me More |publisher=NPR |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref>


In September 2013, certain of NPR's 840 full- and part-time employees were offered a [[voluntary redundancy|voluntary buyout]] plan to reduce staff by 10 percent and return NPR to a balanced budget by the 2015 [[fiscal year]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|title= NPR to Offer Voluntary Buyouts in Bid to Balance Budget|date= September 13, 2013|work= The Observer|access-date= September 15, 2013|archive-date= October 26, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221026082238/https://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|url-status= live}}</ref>
In September 2013, certain of NPR's 840 full- and part-time employees were offered a [[voluntary redundancy|voluntary buyout]] plan to reduce staff by 10 percent and return NPR to a balanced budget by the 2015 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|title= NPR to Offer Voluntary Buyouts in Bid to Balance Budget|date= September 13, 2013|work= The Observer|access-date= September 15, 2013|archive-date= October 26, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221026082238/https://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|url-status= live}}</ref>


In December 2018, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that between 20 and 22 percent of NPR staff was classified as [[Temporary work|temps]], while this compares to about five percent of a typical for-profit television station. Some of the temporary staff members told the newspaper the systems were "exploitative", but NPR's president of operations said the current system was in place because the station is a "media company that strives to be innovative and nimble."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |title=At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218031738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2018, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that between 20 and 22 percent of NPR staff was classified as [[Temporary work|temps]], while this compares to about five percent of a typical for-profit television station. Some of the temporary staff members told the newspaper the systems were "exploitative", but NPR's president of operations said the current system was in place because the station is a "media company that strives to be innovative and nimble."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |title=At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218031738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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On April 8, 2023, Twitter changed the designation of NPR's account from "state-affiliated" to "government-funded".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitter Changes Label On NPR Account From 'State-Affiliated' To 'Government Funded' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/08/twitter-changes-label-on-npr-account-from-state-affiliated-to-government-funded/?sh=858b17373529 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410062727/https://connatix-d.openx.net/v/1.0/av?auid=539844291&schain=1.0,1!connatix.com,679698455578581,1,,,,&url=www.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmattnovak%2F2023%2F04%2F08%2Ftwitter-changes-label-on-npr-account-from-state-af&cb=6742c70b-03cb-4ba5-b3df-dfb0399a0147&vwd=526&vht=296&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=undefined&us_privacy= |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> On April 10, after managing to get in contact with Musk himself, NPR reporter Bobby Allyn wrote in a tweet that the platform's owner told him he was relying on a list accessible through a [[Wikipedia]] category page, named "[[:Category:Publicly funded broadcasters]]", in order to determine which news organizations' accounts should be deemed as "government-funded media".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Folkenflik |first=David |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422231851/https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Sarah |date=April 11, 2023 |title=Elon Musk says Twitter is using a Wikipedia list to help decide which news organizations are labeled 'government-funded media' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-using-wikipedia-to-decide-government-funded-media-2023-4 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190614/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-using-wikipedia-to-decide-government-funded-media-2023-4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On April 8, 2023, Twitter changed the designation of NPR's account from "state-affiliated" to "government-funded".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitter Changes Label On NPR Account From 'State-Affiliated' To 'Government Funded' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/08/twitter-changes-label-on-npr-account-from-state-affiliated-to-government-funded/?sh=858b17373529 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410062727/https://connatix-d.openx.net/v/1.0/av?auid=539844291&schain=1.0,1!connatix.com,679698455578581,1,,,,&url=www.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmattnovak%2F2023%2F04%2F08%2Ftwitter-changes-label-on-npr-account-from-state-af&cb=6742c70b-03cb-4ba5-b3df-dfb0399a0147&vwd=526&vht=296&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=undefined&us_privacy= |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> On April 10, after managing to get in contact with Musk himself, NPR reporter Bobby Allyn wrote in a tweet that the platform's owner told him he was relying on a list accessible through a [[Wikipedia]] category page, named "[[:Category:Publicly funded broadcasters]]", in order to determine which news organizations' accounts should be deemed as "government-funded media".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Folkenflik |first=David |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422231851/https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Sarah |date=April 11, 2023 |title=Elon Musk says Twitter is using a Wikipedia list to help decide which news organizations are labeled 'government-funded media' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-using-wikipedia-to-decide-government-funded-media-2023-4 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190614/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-using-wikipedia-to-decide-government-funded-media-2023-4 |url-status=live }}</ref>


On April 12, NPR announced that its accounts would no longer be active on Twitter,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Maya |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR to quit Twitter after being labelled 'state-affiliated media' |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/12/npr-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-state-media |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412231518/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/12/npr-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-state-media |url-status=live }}</ref> citing the platform's "inaccurate and misleading" labeling of NPR as "government-funded media" despite the fact that it receives "less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget" from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Kelley |first1=Lora |last2=Robertson |first2=Katie |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After 'Government-Funded' Label |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/npr-twitter-suspension.html |access-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412133912/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/npr-twitter-suspension.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wile |first=Rob |date=April 13, 2023 |title=NPR quits Twitter, saying the platform is 'undermining' its credibility |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/npr-quits-twitter-says-platform-undermining-credibility-rcna79322 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413004131/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/npr-quits-twitter-says-platform-undermining-credibility-rcna79322 |url-status=live }}</ref> As their last post on the platform, the network shared links to their alternative newsletters, websites and social media profiles in a thread.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite tweet |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR produces consequential, independent journalism every day in service to the public. Here's you can find and read our work... |user=NPR |number=1646138100035272704 |access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref> In an email to the staff explaining the decision, CEO John Lansing allowed individual NPR journalists and staffers to choose for themselves whether to keep using Twitter, while noting that "it would be a disservice to the serious work you all do here to continue to share it on a platform that is associating the federal charter for public media with an abandoning of editorial independence or standards."<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />
On April 12, NPR announced that its accounts would no longer be active on Twitter,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Maya |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR to quit Twitter after being labelled 'state-affiliated media' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/12/npr-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-state-media |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412231518/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/12/npr-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-state-media |url-status=live }}</ref> citing the platform's "inaccurate and misleading" labeling of NPR as "government-funded media" despite the fact that it receives "less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget" from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Kelley |first1=Lora |last2=Robertson |first2=Katie |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After 'Government-Funded' Label |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/npr-twitter-suspension.html |access-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412133912/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/npr-twitter-suspension.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wile |first=Rob |date=April 13, 2023 |title=NPR quits Twitter, saying the platform is 'undermining' its credibility |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/npr-quits-twitter-says-platform-undermining-credibility-rcna79322 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413004131/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/npr-quits-twitter-says-platform-undermining-credibility-rcna79322 |url-status=live }}</ref> As their last post on the platform, the network shared links to their alternative newsletters, websites and social media profiles in a thread.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite tweet |date=April 12, 2023 |title=NPR produces consequential, independent journalism every day in service to the public. Here's you can find and read our work... |user=NPR |number=1646138100035272704 |access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref> In an email to the staff explaining the decision, CEO John Lansing allowed individual NPR journalists and staffers to choose for themselves whether to keep using Twitter, while noting that "it would be a disservice to the serious work you all do here to continue to share it on a platform that is associating the federal charter for public media with an abandoning of editorial independence or standards."<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />


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