Twitter has slapped a tag on CBC’s account to designate it as “government-funded media." .“Now people know that it is (Justin) Trudeau propaganda, not news,” said Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in a Sunday tweet. .Poilievre called on people to sign the Conservatives’ petition to save $1 billion and defund the CBC..The Conservatives start off by saying the CBC “undercuts private sector and independent media and competes for advertising space while receiving more than $1 billion in direct taxpayer subsidies.”.“And whereas the CBC mostly provides opinions and coverage that are widely available in a free and competitive media marketplace,” said the Conservatives..“Therefore, be it resolved that we call on this Liberal government to defund the CBC to save taxpayer dollars and ensure a free and competitive press in the Canadian media landscape.”.Radio-Canada, CBC News, and CBC News Alerts accounts have not received government-funded media labels..Poilievre said on Tuesday he wanted Twitter to identify CBC as government-funded media..READ MORE: Poilievre asks Twitter to label CBC 'government-funded media'.“We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media,” he said..“And Canadians deserve the facts.”.The BBC received 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 it, despite it controlling hundreds of other pages.
Twitter has slapped a tag on CBC’s account to designate it as “government-funded media." .“Now people know that it is (Justin) Trudeau propaganda, not news,” said Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in a Sunday tweet. .Poilievre called on people to sign the Conservatives’ petition to save $1 billion and defund the CBC..The Conservatives start off by saying the CBC “undercuts private sector and independent media and competes for advertising space while receiving more than $1 billion in direct taxpayer subsidies.”.“And whereas the CBC mostly provides opinions and coverage that are widely available in a free and competitive media marketplace,” said the Conservatives..“Therefore, be it resolved that we call on this Liberal government to defund the CBC to save taxpayer dollars and ensure a free and competitive press in the Canadian media landscape.”.Radio-Canada, CBC News, and CBC News Alerts accounts have not received government-funded media labels..Poilievre said on Tuesday he wanted Twitter to identify CBC as government-funded media..READ MORE: Poilievre asks Twitter to label CBC 'government-funded media'.“We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media,” he said..“And Canadians deserve the facts.”.The BBC received 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 it, despite it controlling hundreds of other pages.