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 threadkurt baumgartnerMay 3, 2023
@dangillmor @dangoodin the problem is that this alternative is not terribly mature
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@kurtisj @dangoodin @dangillmor The fedi’s immaturity should be an advantage. It’s an opportunity to get in on the ground floor & shape the future. News outlets should have predicted the fall of Twitter by now and they should be competing to gain influence in the #fedi. #NPR is ahead of the game but sadly only b/c twtr pushed them. /cc @DrFriendless @slut
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@slut @DrFriendless @dangillmor @dangoodin @kurtisj It would have been impressive if NPR actually took this initiative by forward thinking as a leader. But no, they were pushed.
May 3, 2023 at 6:35amWeb