Twitter owner says he has ‘utmost respect’ for broadcaster and that tag will be changed to ‘publicly funded’
has said the social media site will update the BBC’s “government-funded media” tag after the broadcaster objected to the label.In an interview with the
on Tuesday, Musk said he had the “utmost respect” for the organisation, adding: “We want [the tag] as truthful and accurate as possible – we’re adjusting the label to [the BBC being] publicly funded – we’ll try to be accurate.”In a statement released in the wake of the “government-funded media” designation, the broadcaster said: “The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee.
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