Twitter calls BBC ‘state-funded media’, British broadcaster objects
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The British public broadcaster has said it has contacted the social media company to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. The BBC said in a statement: “The BBC is, and always will be, an independent organisation. We are funded by the British people through the license fee.
Twitter, owned by businessman Elon Musk, on the ‘micro-blogging site’ described the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as ‘government-funded media’, which the British broadcaster objected to on Monday. The British public broadcaster has said it has contacted the social media company to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. The BBC said in a statement: “The BBC is, and always will be, an independent organisation. We are funded by the British people through the license fee.
An email conversation with Twitter chief Elon Musk suggests he is considering a label that would link all media outlets to their “exact sources of funding”. Musk’s email to the BBC said, “We are aiming for maximum transparency and accuracy.” Linking the ownership and the source of funds probably makes some sense.”
It states, “I believe that media institutions should be self-aware and should not falsely claim to have a complete absence of bias. I would like to mention that I ‘follow’ BBC News on Twitter, as I find it to be among the least biased. The annual license fee of £159 required under the Act is set by the British Government and is paid by British households.
The BBC said that the BBC account has 2.2 million followers on Twitter. The BBC’s Twitter account primarily shares updated information about TV programmes, radio programs and other news content produced by the BBC, according to the London-headquartered media organisation. The BBC’s charter states that the corporation ‘should be independent’, particularly in ‘making editorial and creative decisions…’.
The BBC has also stated that it receives £90 million annually from the government to operate the BBC World Service. Prior to its recent move against the BBC’s account, Twitter had done something similar against the social media ‘handle’ of US public broadcaster NPR.
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