The BBC has objected to a new “Government Funded Media” label attached to the corporation’s main @BBC account on Twitter.
The corporation, which is funded by individual UK households through the licence fee, said the label was inaccurate.
“The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee,” the BBC said in a statement.
The US’ National Public Radio (NPR) account also received the “Government Funded Media” label on Twitter on Saturday after earlier being labelled as “State-Affiliated Media” – a designation usually reserved for government propaganda outlets such as Russia’s RT or China’s Xinhua News.
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‘Independent’NPR chief executive John Lansing had formally protested the designation, saying the company’s operations are overseen by independent journalists and not government…
