Elon Musk labels BBC Twitter handle as 'government-funded media' – BusinessToday

Elon Musk labels BBC Twitter handle as ‘government-funded media’ BBC has released a post rejecting Twitter’s new label and claims to be in talks with the Musk-owned company about the issue British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been tagged as ‘government funded media’  on its official Twitter handle. Elon Musk has started labeling various media outlets including the American Broadcaster NPR with the same label and RT has been labeled with the tag ‘Russia state-affiliated media’. BBC has released a post rejecting Twitter’s new label and claims to be in talks with the Musk-owned company about the issue. NPR was earlier labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’ which was later converted to ‘government funded media’. NPR has vowed to stop tweeting till Twitter fixes the label.  In a statement BBC said, “The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee.” BBC claims that viewers need to pay £159 annual licence fee – which is required by law to watch live TV broadcasts or live streaming in the UK. This amount, BBC claims is set by the government, but paid for by individual UK households. BBC’s other Twitter handles with even more subscribers don’t have the
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