Elon Musk says BBC's 'government-funded media' Twitter tag will be changed

Elon Musk, Twitter’s billionaire owner, has said the social media platform will change the BBC’s label of “government-funded media” after the broadcaster objected.The Tesla chief executive made the announcement during a wide-ranging interview with the corporation in which he said that his pain level from running the site had been “extremely high” but that the business was now “roughly breaking even”.The BBC contacted the company last week after the description was added to its main Twitter account. Musk said he had the “utmost respect” for the organisation, adding: “We want [the tag] as truthful and accurate as possible. We’re adjusting the label to [the BBC being] publicly funded. We’ll try to be accurate.”The South African-born businessman, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£35.4bn) last October, also claimed in the interview that advertisers were returning to the site after many quit following his takeover, causing revenue to slump.Musk said: “It’s been really quite a stressful situation, over the last several months. Not an easy one.”He conceded that mistakes had been made during his ownership but added: “All’s well that ends well … I feel like we’re headed to a good place. We’re roughly break-even. I think we’re trending towards being cashflow positive
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