Dan GillmorMay 3, 2023

NPR is the only major journalism org to have shown a spine in dealing with Musk. So he's threatened to give the NPR username to someone else.

Yet even now -- despite Musk's growing contempt for and acts against journalism -- most media organizations and their employees STILL pour their work and some of their advertising money in to his rancid site.

What will it take for journalists to wake the hell up?

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

Show threadOdiseoMay 3, 2023
@dangillmor They're hostages of their own vanity.
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@Odiseo79 @dangillmor Indeed, NPR did not make this move as a consequence of having a spine. It took proding from Twitter to push them off by putting an unwanted tag on thier profile. In the absence of that tag, NPR would have remained as spineless as other media orgs. /cc @kevin @krschwarz @az
May 3, 2023 at 6:26amWeb
Show threadLZVolkMay 3, 2023
@koherecoWatchdog @Odiseo79 @dangillmor @kevin @krschwarz @az The most common justifications for Twitter loyalty (isn’t that what it really is?) is they assert 1. Reaching broader audience, 2. Easier format for discussion (there is truth in that), 3. Believing/hoping Musk will be outed and it will return to ‘normal’. Of course, this does not include Musk loyalists and sycophants. Those scientists remaining there are disappointing.
Show threadNafopositiveMay 4, 2023
@koherecoWatchdog @Odiseo79 @dangillmor @kevin @krschwarz @az I completely agree, However, there was a time when the news orgs might have stuck together concerning Twitter and boycotted the platform due to one being baselessly singled out.