Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has called on Twitter to identify CBC as "government-funded media.".“We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media,” said Poilievre in a Tuesday tweet..“And Canadians deserve the facts.”.The letter Poilievre wrote to Twitter starts off with him acknowledging its Platform Use Guidelines say government-funded media are outlets where the government provides some or all of their funding and might have some degree of involvement in editorial content..Twitter’s Platform Use Guidelines refer to a source which describes the CBC as a publicly-funded broadcaster. The CBC’s 2021-2022 annual report disclosed it received about $1.2 billion — the majority of its funding — from the Canadian government..“As a result, and in the interest of transparency, I believe that Twitter should apply the Government-funded Media label to the CBC’s various news-related accounts, including @CBC, @CBCNews, and @CBCAlerts,” he said..The BBC became the latest news outlet to receive a new label on Twitter designating it as government-funded media on Monday..READ MORE: Twitter labels BBC as 'government-funded media'.The move prompted the BBC to complain to Twitter CEO Elon Musk and came after NPR received an identical label a few days prior..Only the @BBC account has been given the new label, despite it controlling hundreds of other pages..Poilievre said in February CBC President Catherine Tait is coming after him because she wants to take more money from the Canadian government..READ MORE: Poilievre condemns CBC president for bashing him.“They’re not even pretending to be unbiased,” he said..He said he meant it when he announced during the Conservative leadership race he would defund the CBC. He alleged Tait, who runs “Trudeau’s $1.2 billion propaganda arm, the CBC, is now openly attacking me.”
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has called on Twitter to identify CBC as "government-funded media.".“We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media,” said Poilievre in a Tuesday tweet..“And Canadians deserve the facts.”.The letter Poilievre wrote to Twitter starts off with him acknowledging its Platform Use Guidelines say government-funded media are outlets where the government provides some or all of their funding and might have some degree of involvement in editorial content..Twitter’s Platform Use Guidelines refer to a source which describes the CBC as a publicly-funded broadcaster. The CBC’s 2021-2022 annual report disclosed it received about $1.2 billion — the majority of its funding — from the Canadian government..“As a result, and in the interest of transparency, I believe that Twitter should apply the Government-funded Media label to the CBC’s various news-related accounts, including @CBC, @CBCNews, and @CBCAlerts,” he said..The BBC became the latest news outlet to receive a new label on Twitter designating it as government-funded media on Monday..READ MORE: Twitter labels BBC as 'government-funded media'.The move prompted the BBC to complain to Twitter CEO Elon Musk and came after NPR received an identical label a few days prior..Only the @BBC account has been given the new label, despite it controlling hundreds of other pages..Poilievre said in February CBC President Catherine Tait is coming after him because she wants to take more money from the Canadian government..READ MORE: Poilievre condemns CBC president for bashing him.“They’re not even pretending to be unbiased,” he said..He said he meant it when he announced during the Conservative leadership race he would defund the CBC. He alleged Tait, who runs “Trudeau’s $1.2 billion propaganda arm, the CBC, is now openly attacking me.”
