ViewPBS has joined NPR in quitting Twitter over the social media platform's decision to label their accounts as "government-funded media." Twitter added the label to the accounts of several news organizations that receive funding from the U.S. government. It's used similar tags to describe state-run media outlets in Russia and...
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