CBC paused its activities on Twitter following a new ‘government-funded’ label on its profile. Here’s how the controversy evolved and what CBC has to say about it
State-affiliated media is defined as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution.” The prominent staff of those outlets may also get assigned the label.
“Not only is CBC/Radio-Canada’s editorial independence guaranteed under Canada’s Broadcasting Act, but our journalism is subject to rigorous standards,”CBC/Radio-Canada said it made the case to Twitter that the label should be dropped or changed, as recently occurred with thesent a letter to Twitter “In order to attack this institution that is important for many, many Canadians, he runs to American billionaires, the tech giants that they continue to defend.”when it comes to the broadcaster’s public funding,
“It is an independent, arms-length Crown corporation,” said Laura Scaffidi, Mr. Rodriguez’s press secretary. She called Mr. Poilievre’s comments an “attack on journalists.”, about two-thirds of CBC/Radio-Canada’s revenue was government funding, totalling $1.13-billion. The rest, $651.4-million, was self-generated revenue, a combination of the three other facets of the corporation’s funding – advertising revenue; subscriber fees; and financing and other income.
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