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Government-Funded Media Still Upset Twitter Calls Them Government-Funded Media

NPR isn’t the only taxpayer-supported broadcaster getting prickly.

By James Freeman

April 18, 2023 5:59 pm ET

Photo: Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press/Associated Press

There was a time when public broadcasters took pride in the fact that they weren’t working for capitalist enterprises. Now they seem almost ashamed to admit they work in government-backed media. This seems like progress.

Last week this column noted that National Public Radio was getting prickly over Twitter’s effort to inform users about NPR and its business model. Today brings more news of taxpayer-supported media folk who seem to resent being called taxpayer-supported media folk.