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Western media suddenly hates Twitter's 'government-funded' labels

Marsden, Rachel
http://www.rt.com/news/575027-western-media-hates-twitter/

Date Written:  20/04/2023
Year Published:  2023  
Resource Type:  Article

Establishment outlets were perfectly fine with the social media scarlet letter when it was handed to their 'undesirable' counterparts. Recently, some media outlets have quit Twitter over what they see as unjust labeling, which leads to the question 'where was their outrage when the same rules were being applied to their competition?'

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Establishment outlets were perfectly fine with the social media scarlet letter when it was handed to their 'undesirable' counterparts.

Recently, some media outlets have quit Twitter over what they see as unjust labeling, which leads to the question 'where was their outrage when the same rules were being applied to their competition?'
Where was the Western fury when the social media platform was slapping labels of state affiliation or funding on media linked to Russia and China, like RT? Nowhere to be found. How about when the platform was extending that same labeling to individual journalists contributing to those platforms? Again, silent. It's only now that they can't object strongly enough. So what changed?

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