I can’t get my head around these institutions not wanting people to know that they are government funded. Do they think that we think more highly of them if they’re funded by arms dealers and slum lords? These orgs should start owning their government funding and arguing that it makes them trustworthy. Of course, they can’t do that, because once this rock is lifted, everyone will see the other bugs crawling around handing out cash. And those 🐛🪲 are capital simpliciter.
It’s more about twooter aesthetics. The state affiliated label exists to smear and strip credibility off of non-Western government news agencies. If they had a label saying “government funded but lawmakers are white” they would have taken it without a tantrum. Instead they are being put into the same category as Russian and Chinese news twitter accounts which they take grave offence to.
The tantrum CBC has thrown over this is absolutely fucking embarrassing. There is absolutely zero way they could argue in good faith that they aren’t government funded.
Good riddance tho the less of their infuriatingly dishonest agitprop people have to read online the better.
No you don’t understand. They are:
[…] publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament.[1]
This is different from being government funded. No I will not explain further.
Rare elon funny joke.
it’s not as funny as the fake verified accounts, but I’m enjoying the hypocritical coping
hard to beat this
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Nice.
