After being labelled on Twitter as “government-funded media,” the CBC is now listed on the platform as being about 70 percent publicly funded following protests by the broadcaster that the federal government does not fund it in whole.
“Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they’re ‘less than 70% government-funded,’ so we corrected the label,” wrote Twitter-owner Elon Musk on the platform on April 17.
CBC is now labelled on Twitter as being “69% Government-funded Media.” The change came after Musk engaged with several Twitter users on a post about CBC protesting against the government-funded label.
One user referenced a post by the CBC in 2017 that said federal funding “only covers a portion” of the broadcaster’s expenses…. Source
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