Nation ‘Unacceptable’: NPR pushes back after Twitter labels it ‘state-affiliated media’ April 6, 2023April 6, 2023Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Unacceptable’: NPR pushes back after Twitter labels it ‘state-affiliated media’ NPR maintained the nonprofit media company operates independently of the U.S. government. NPR CEO John Lansing called Twitter's move "unacceptable."