Liberal establishmentarians became hysterical when the free-thinking Elon Musk took over Twitter because they saw him as a threat to their control of information. They were right to be afraid, as the new relationship between Twitter and state-sponsored media confirms.

State-affiliated propaganda platform NPR huffs that it will boycott Twitter — for correctly stating that it is state-affiliated:

“NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” NPR said in a statement Wednesday.

Do not try this home. Only a professional can say “NPR” and “credibility” in the same sentence without bursting into uncontrollable paroxysms of laughter.

No one needs to imply that NPR is not editorially independent. The fact that it is funded by government bureaucrats is common knowledge. Defunct Air America demonstrated what happens when you rely on the free market to fund leftist propaganda on the radio.

Here’s what set off the liberal weenies at NPR:

Last week, Twitter labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a label also used to identify media outlets that are controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments. Twitter later changed the label to “government-funded media” and gave it to at least one other public news organization, the BBC.

State-affiliated/government-funded is a distinction without a difference. As Democratic Party leader George Soros illustrates, he who pays the piper calls the tune.

Speaking of the comparably far-left state-affiliated propaganda platform laughingly referred to as Auntie Beeb,

Elon Musk has gone viral after he sat down for an interview with BBC reporter James Clayton…

Clayton asserted that he had “personally” noticed a rise in hateful content on Twitter since Musk’s takeover. When Musk pressed him for an example of such “hateful” content, Clayton demurred and spoke generally about comments that could be considered “slightly racist or slightly sexist.” When Musk then asked for a specific example of hate speech that should be censored on Twitter, Clayton came up empty.

Musk then observed that Clayton was lying by claiming there was a rise in hate speech resulting from lifting some of the leftist censorship that infamously characterized Twitter before Musk took ownership.

Clayton was eager to change the topic. But that didn’t work out for him:

Clayton then wanted to talk about Twitter removing warnings about possible misinformation about COVID, but Musk fired back immediately: “Has BBC changed its COVID misinformation?”

After a brief silence, Clayton retorted that the “BBC does not set the rules upon Twitter, so I’m asking you,” but Musk refused to restrict his answers to fit Clayton’s framing.

Follow Musk’s example next time you find yourself debating a moonbat. Because their ideology is insane, they cannot win an argument without framing the discussion to their advantage. Don’t let them.

“Does the BBC hold itself at all responsible for misinformation regarding masking and side effects of vaccinations and not reporting on that at all?” Musk asked.

When Clayton made no reply, Musk pressed on: “And what about the fact that the BBC was put under pressure by the British government to change [its] editorial policy?”

Clayton then responded hesitatingly, “This isn’t an interview about the BBC,” to which Musk immediately quipped, “Oh, you thought it wasn’t?”

Clayton won’t sit down for a week. Listen and laugh:

On tips from Steve T, Lyle, Anonymous, and Mr. Freemarket.

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