Comment on Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels

• DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You know NPR was literally included in xitter’s definition of “state-funded with editorial independence” until Musk shat himself right ?

  NPR does receive U.S. government funding through grants from federal agencies and departments, along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The company said it accounts for less than 1% of NPR’s annual operating budget. But until Wednesday, the same Twitter guidelines said that “state-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the United States, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy.”

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  • Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think most people who live in the UK can tell you the BBC is extremely bias - they might not be controlled by the gov directly, but the people in charge are very pro right wing

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    • Tatters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I live in the UK and I disagree with you. Assuming this right wing bias is true, how does it evidenced itself in the BBC’s programming and news coverage? Because I don’t see it. Especially their news, which seems very even-handed to me.

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      • Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I stopped paying for and watching the BBC a few years ago, before I cancelled there was so much conservative coverage, they were inviting way more members of the Tory party onto the news

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    • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A quick search says that BBC is regularly accused of bias in both directions. Australia’s ABC is definitely accused of both.

      Regardless. The policy doesn’t say anything about bias. It’s simply “editorial independence”.

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      • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because the BBC has a a neoliberal, economically right wing while socially liberal, bias.

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      • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The left will shout bias when the BBC ignores reality. The right will shout bias when the BBC reports reality.

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I heard about it. I am a fan of Marketplace. It’s just insane that he tried to silence it after all that free speech bullshit he sprouted, while he removed the notice on media literally owned by authoritarian states. He’s a wingnut. Up is down, good is bad, etc…

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• casmael@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m so confused by this

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Think of it this way: freedom is a threat to his business model.

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