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> But not the BBC, curiously You should check these things before posting. It says "Government-funded Media" right at the top of the page here: https://twitter

> But not the BBC, curiously You should check these things before posting. It says "Government-funded Media" right at the top of the page here: https://twitter.com/BBC https://twitter.com/BBC

justin66 3y ago
I shit you not: it did not an hour ago.
- Spivak 3y ago
  https://archive.ph/VJhTR https://archive.ph/VJhTR recorded on 12 Apr 2023 07:43:40 UTC.
- deleted 3y ago
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- stickfigure 3y ago
  ...and another hour later it says "Publicly funded media". Someone is winging it.
- drak0n1c 3y ago
  It was there yesterday from what I recall. However, there are like 10 variant official accounts of BBC. Only one had the label at first. Similar to how NPR has multiple accounts but only the "main" one had the label. Twitter should be more consistent in labeling all accounts under a company if this is the new policy.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    Twitter will be consistent when Elon Musk is no longer its owner.
jjulius 3y ago
>It says "Government-funded Media"... It currently says "Publicly funded media", not "Government-funded Media", and that muddies the waters a bit - publicly-funded doesn't necessarily mean government-funded. Not sure if it said "Gov-funded" an hour ago when you commented or not, as the other person who replied to you suggests that changes to these statements appear to be pretty fluid at the moment.
- justin66 3y ago
  "Publicly funded media" seems like a decent way of characterizing NPR. At some point one might question what Twitter and its users are getting out of all this labeling and relabeling, though. How many users are going to have an I had no idea NPR was publicly funded media but now I know epiphany when encountering that label? > Not sure if it said "Gov-funded" an hour ago when you commented or not I am pretty sure all the observations made on labels in this thread were accurate at the moment they were made.
- mcguire 3y ago
  That is Musk's renaming of the "state affiliated" label originally applied to NPR, PBS, and the BBC.

> But not the BBC, curiously You should check these things before posting. It says "Government-funded Media" right at the top of the page here: https://twitter.com/BBC https://twitter.com/BBC

justin66 3y ago

I shit you not: it did not an hour ago.

Spivak 3y ago
https://archive.ph/VJhTR https://archive.ph/VJhTR recorded on 12 Apr 2023 07:43:40 UTC.
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stickfigure 3y ago
...and another hour later it says "Publicly funded media". Someone is winging it.
drak0n1c 3y ago
It was there yesterday from what I recall. However, there are like 10 variant official accounts of BBC. Only one had the label at first. Similar to how NPR has multiple accounts but only the "main" one had the label. Twitter should be more consistent in labeling all accounts under a company if this is the new policy.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Twitter will be consistent when Elon Musk is no longer its owner.

jjulius 3y ago

>It says "Government-funded Media"... It currently says "Publicly funded media", not "Government-funded Media", and that muddies the waters a bit - publicly-funded doesn't necessarily mean government-funded. Not sure if it said "Gov-funded" an hour ago when you commented or not, as the other person who replied to you suggests that changes to these statements appear to be pretty fluid at the moment.

justin66 3y ago
"Publicly funded media" seems like a decent way of characterizing NPR. At some point one might question what Twitter and its users are getting out of all this labeling and relabeling, though. How many users are going to have an I had no idea NPR was publicly funded media but now I know epiphany when encountering that label? > Not sure if it said "Gov-funded" an hour ago when you commented or not I am pretty sure all the observations made on labels in this thread were accurate at the moment they were made.
mcguire 3y ago
That is Musk's renaming of the "state affiliated" label originally applied to NPR, PBS, and the BBC.