The not-for-profit news outlet says the description is misleading and undermines its credibility.
National Public Radio has announced that it will stop using Twitter in a row over how its account is described.
NPR says it undermines its credibility, as US government funding accounts for less than 1% of its budget.an interview with BBC News NPR said in a statement on Wednesday that Twitter was "taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent". The decision makes NPR the first major US news outlet to suspend its use of Twitter, despite the organisation having 8.8m followers on the platform.On its website, NPR defines itself as "an independent, non-profit media organisation".
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