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Sweden public radio exits Twitter, says audience already has

by jmaj on 4/18/23, 5:30 PM with 3 comments

• by Bran_son on 4/18/23, 6:28 PM

  > SR Ekot, which has been labeled “publicly funded media,” [..] CBC said Monday that it would pause its activities on Twitter after it was labeled as “government-funded” because it “undermines the accuracy and professionalism” of its journalists’ work

  "Has been labeled"? Well AP, you're journalists, why don't you do your job and tell us - are those labels accurate?

  This is a common tactic, presenting inconvenient but easily verifiable facts as mere allegations, and the journalist doesn't take the 10 seconds it would take to confirm* them on wikipedia.

  *For CBC and Sweden public radio. In contrast, NPR only gets about ~4% of its funding from the government, so labeling it govt. funded is stretching it.