NTSB To Provide Plane Crash Updates Exclusively On X

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that it will provide updates regarding the plane crashes in Washington, DC and Philadelphia exclusively on its X platform account, NTSB_Newsroom. Contrary to earlier reports by The Desk, the updates will not be sent over email.

The NTSB stated on Saturday that it will use this account to share news conferences and other investigative information.

For media covering the airplane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia—all NTSB updates about news conferences or other investigative information will be posted to this X account. We will not be distributing information via email.

— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) February 1, 2025

The NTSB later said, “Reporters should email mediarelations@ntsb.gov for all other inquiries,” claiming that it was meant to “better manage the volume of” emails about the two incidents.

“The NTSB media relations team has always used Twitter/X to inform the media and public on the time and location of media briefings. We cannot respond to every email asking for the details of media briefings,” the NTSB said, without explaining the process behind the decision or why an agency would rely solely on one privately owned social media platform.

According to an NBC story, the US Department of Defence is also kicking major media organisations out of their designated workstations in the Pentagon, including NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, and Politico.

Instead, conservative media outlets including One America News Network, the New York Post, and Breitbart will take their place under the DoD’s “annual media rotation program.”

According to NBC, it also includes HuffPost, even though it lacks a Pentagon reporter.

The Federal Communications Commission has authorised investigations into NPR and PBS on their financial sponsors, further highlighting the Trump administration’s criticism of media networks.

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