Elon Musk arrives at the Met Gala in New York City, New York, U.S., May 2, 2022.
Twitter recently labeled NPR "US state-affiliated media" before changing its label to "government-funded media" amid backlash.
  • Elon Musk says Twitter is relying on Wikipedia to help decide which news outlets to label "government-funded media."
  • It recently labeled NPR "state-affiliated media," a move Musk later said might have been wrong, before changing it to "government-funded media."
  • NPR gets less than 1% of its funding directly from the federal government.

Twitter relies on a Wikipedia page to help inform its decision on what news organizations' accounts get labeled as "government-funded media."