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Elon Musk's labelling of public broadcasters as 'state-affiliated' or 'government-funded' opened up a can of worms (Photo: European Union)

Musk pulled Twitter's 'state-affiliated' badge — but it still hurts journalism

Elon Musk's Twitter caused a stir two months ago when it labelled several public broadcast media outlets, including National Public Radio (NPR) in the US, BBC in the UK, and Canada's CBC, as "state-affiliated" or "government-funded." These outlets, which are publicly-funded and editorially independent, pushed back hard, by scaling down — or, in NPR's case, ceasing — activity on the platform in response.

Twitter ultimately removed these controversial tags, but, at the same time, scrapped...

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