The CBC has returned to posting content on some of its Twitter accounts following a more than three-week hiatus after the platform labelled the public broadcaster’s main account as a “Government-Funded Media” outlet. “Today, we will resume some activity on a handful of umbrella Twitter accounts, including @CBCNews, but we will significantly reduce our overall…
CBC President Previously Asked Twitter to Remove ‘Flow of Hate’ on Platform: Internal Documents
Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) President and CEO Catherine Tait previously asked Twitter in a private letter to remove certain content on its platform in order to “stop the flow of hate,” according to internal documents. Tait sent the letter, labelled “Confidential,” in May 2021 to then-Twitter Canada’s managing director Paul Burns concerning what she called…
CBC President Asked to Meet With Poilievre About His Campaign to Defund the Broadcaster: Report
Catherine Tait, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), previously wrote a private letter to Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre in which she requested a meeting to discuss his party’s campaign calling for the Liberal government to defund the public broadcaster. Poilievre rejected the meeting, prompting Tait to send a follow-up letter. “I have received…
Poll Suggests 45% of Canadians Want to Shut Down the CBC
A new poll commissioned by a public relations firm found that 45 percent of Canadians want to shut down the public broadcaster CBC, with a similar number also considering its content to be propaganda. Spark Advocacy published on April 21 the findings from a nationwide online survey held this week with field work done by pollster…
Poll Suggests 45% of Canadians Want the CBC Shut Down
A new poll commissioned by a public relations firm found that 45 percent of Canadians want to shut down the public broadcaster CBC, with a similar number also considering its content to be propaganda. Spark Advocacy published on April 21 the findings from a nationwide online survey held this week with field work done by pollster…
The Ideological Capture of the CBC
Commentary Elon Musk’s Twitter has dropped the labels “government-funded” or “state-affiliated” from several media corporations, including the CBC. Nevertheless, calling the CBC government-funded is merely stating the obvious. Last year, the Canadian government provided over $1 billion in funding to the CBC, or about 70 percent of annual operating costs. But as Edward R. Murrow famously…
CBC Holding Off On Returning to Twitter Despite Platform Removing ‘Government-Funded’ Label
The CBC says it will hold off on returning to Twitter for the time being despite the social media platform removing a “government-funded” label from the network’s account that caused CBC to stop posting on Twitter earlier this week. “We are reviewing this latest development and will leave our Twitter accounts on pause before taking…
CBC’s ‘Government-Funded’ Twitter Label Changed to Show Portion of Funding After Broadcaster Complained
The CBC’s Twitter label has been changed to show a portion of its funding is provided by the government, after the public broadcaster complained about its “government-funded media” label. “Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they’re ‘less than 70% government-funded,’ so we corrected the label,” wrote Twitter-owner Elon Musk on the platform on April 17. CBC is…
Trudeau Criticizes Tories for ‘Attack’ on CBC Following Twitter Label as ‘Government-Funded Media’
In the wake of Twitter labelling the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a “government-funded media” organization on April 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Conservative Party, saying that it has repeatedly attacked the public broadcaster. “I think it says a lot about the Conservative Party of Canada. They’re choosing to constantly attack independent media…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 17): ‘They Train AI to Lie’: Elon Musk and Experts; Lawmakers Demand Answers on Pentagon Leak
Elon Musk sounds another chilly warning about artificial intelligence. He says programmers are training AI to lie. Lawmakers are demanding answers on the Pentagon document leak. They want to know how a 21-year-old airman was given access to highly classified intelligence materials. Twitter is labeling media outlets around the world if it finds that they’re somehow…
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