Twitter owner Elon Musk responded, saying: 'I do think media organisations should be self-aware and not falsely claim the complete absence of bias. All organisations have bias, some obviously much more than others.'
The label on the BBC account links to a page on Twitter's help centre which describes"state-affiliated media" as outlets where the government"exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution".
The label was also applied to US broadcaster NPR's Twitter, but it has been changed to government-funded media - the same as the BBC account.The BBC has always maintained its impartiality and it operates through a Royal Charter agreed with the government which says it"must be independent". Britons pay a £159 yearly licence fee to fund the corporation's output. The figure is set by the government but paid by individual households.
While the main BBC account, which has 2.2 million followers, has been given the label, much larger accounts associated with the corporation's breaking news and sport output were not. The account mostly tweets about BBC-produced TV programmes, radio shows, podcasts and other non-news material.
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