Twitter has lost 50 of its top advertisers since Musk took over, report says

It certainly appears so.

He might also be relying on them coming back once the dust settles and it turns out his subscribers aren't really that bad.

Yeah, they get cheap publicity for it, as the topic is currently hot, and they can always return later (with less fanfare than their "quitting"). They win both ways...

NPR was never neutral nor fair, but had that reputation. That reputation was lost about a decade ago.