Twitter labels CBC account as ‘government-funded media’

Twitter has labelled the CBC’s Twitter account as “government-funded media.”The new label appeared Sunday night, just days after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asked the company to add it to the national broadcaster’s account. As of Sunday evening, the government-funded label only appeared on the @CBC account and not on the @CBCNews or @CBCAlerts accounts. It also seems the label has not spread to the CBC Twitter accounts that cover local media markets. U.S. outlet National Public Radio (NPR) recently left Twitter after its account had the label “state-affiliated media” added. We produce trustworthy content that features unbiased reporting.”Unlike NPR and PBS, the label attached to BBC’s Twitter account reads “publicly-funded media”.