Twitter's 'state-affiliated media' label sparks controversy for NPR.

Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a move that could undermine public confidence in the news organization. NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends out. Twitter’s guidelines previously stated that “state-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the United States, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy.” However, NPR has now been removed from that sentence on Twitter’s website.