The recent dust-up between Twitter and the CBC over a “government funded media” label sparked fiery rhetoric from both sides. Monica Auer, the executive director of Canada’s Forum on Research and Policy in Communications, recently wrote about that issue and she joins the Law Bytes podcast to assess whether the CBC is as independent as it says it is. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod. Credits:CBC News, CBC Pauses Twitter Activity After Being Labelled ‘Government Funded Media’