Canada’s public broadcaster CBC and its French-language version Radio-Canada said Monday they were effectively quitting Twitter over a new « government-funded » label it says questions its editorial independence.
Canada’s public broadcaster CBC and its French-language version Radio-Canada said Monday they were effectively quitting Twitter over a new « government-funded » label it says questions its editorial independence.
The exit follows that of National Public Radio in the United States over the same tag, which had also been applied to the BBC before the British broadcaster successfully petitioned to have it changed to « publicly-funded. »
In a statement, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada said Twitter had added a « government-funded media » label to its account, branding it the same way as it does major media outlets in authoritarian countries such as Russia or China.
« In the case of CBC/Radio-Canada this labeling is untrue and deceptive, » the statement said.
