The label has recently been added and has generated some controversy:
Resolves YES if: At market close the @NPR twitter account has this label or a similar one.
Resolves NO if: No label or a new, less strongly worded one (like "Partially state-funded media").
THE LABEL CHANGED, see my update in the comments.
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3.00@Shai Even in NPR's official response below, there is a noticeable tension between "Our federal funding is so small it's insignificant" and "federal funding is very important"
NPR claims that on average less than 1% of their annual budget comes from federal sources:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168158549/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media
Is this true? Why not just stop receiving it then?
@ShaiNatapov They just laid off a bunch of their staff. I don’t imagine they’re so flush with cash that they can turn money down.