It disregards editorial control, which was part of how Twitter used to decide this.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115255/https:/help.twitt...

"State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy."

Many countries have publicly funded/editorially independent broadcasters. Of the below, none seem to be listed as "state affiliated":

https://twitter.com/bbc https://twitter.com/deutschewelle https://twitter.com/srf https://twitter.com/radiofrance https://twitter.com/CBCNews

You should consider the context of using that label on Twitter, not just the label name itself. State-affiliated label on Twitter means something as "biased", it's not used on its pure definition in a vacuum. That's the problem.

Is "National Car Rental" state-affiliated? "National Geographic"?

Do you think the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a democracy, too?

The National Rifle Association is probably more government affiliated than NPR

Because it isn't, and it has negative connotations? You know and understand this. We know you know and understand it - you aren't fooling anyone.

Because it's not accurate.

as others have mentioned Twitter and Tesla get more government funds than NPR. The US governments budget is pretty big and handouts are plenty

It was an even bigger joke that the BBC rejected the label. The government literally imposes a radio tax to fund the Service, and pays more out of general funds for global coverage.

If thats the threshold, then a whole bunch of other entities should get the "state funded" label, and get it soon.

That's like saying Federal Express is state affiliated.

When Twitter originally created the "state-affiliated" label, the implied meaning was "propaganda rag that you shouldn't trust." It wasn't meant to be applied to any media organization that receives state funding, only those that go against the American mainstream zeitgeist, e.g. the narratives you'll read in the NYTimes or NPR. This label was never meant to mean precisely what it says at face value.