White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended National Public Radio (NPR) Wednesday after it was labeled “US state-affiliated media” on Twitter.
During the White House press briefing, Jean-Pierre was asked, “Twitter labeled National Public Radio as a government influenced entity, putting NPR are in the same category as Russia Today or Chinese media. Do you have a comment?”
“Yeah, so social media companies make their own independent decisions about content rules, so I won’t comment on Twitter’s rules, but what I will say, more broadly, I’ll say there’s no doubt of the independence of NPR’s journalists,” Jean-Pierre answered.
“If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of their questions you know that they have their independence in journalism. NPR journalists work digitally to hold public officials accountable and inform the American people.” She added, “The hard-hitting…
