Why Elon Musk’s labels should have CBC on the edge of its seat

Despite its stated intention, Elon Musk’s Twitter is in fact contributing to misinformation by labelling U.S. outlet National Public Radio as “government-funded media,” one expert says. “NPR literally said ‘Federal funding is essential to public radio’ on their own website (now taken down). “Guess they won’t mind losing Federal funding in that case ... Defund NPR!”A day earlier, Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asked Twitter in a letter to label CBC accounts as “government-funded” media. That is why I’m asking Twitter and Elon Musk to accurately label CBC as ‘government-funded media,’” Poilievre tweeted on Tuesday. Correction — April 13, 2023: Jeffrey Dvorkin is a senior fellow at Massey College, and a former managing editor at CBC Radio and vice-president of news and information at NPR.