Twitter CEO Elon Musk teased CBC’s return to the platform by posting a meme about it. .“I wish I knew how to quit you,” said Brokeback Mountain character Jack Twist in a Tuesday meme. .Twist is wearing a cowboy hat with a CBC logo on his hat. He puts his arm around Musk, who is sporting a cowboy hat with a Twitter logo. .CBC announced on April 17 it was pausing its use of Twitter after it received a government-funded media label. .READ MORE: CBC's Twitter account paused after labelled ‘government-funded media’ .It said its journalism is neutral and self-governed, and any suggestion to the contrary is inaccurate..Twitter's policies indicate different levels of editorial involvement with accounts identified as government funded. CBC media relations director Leon Mar said it “does not fulfill these requirements.”.CBC began putting content back on some of its Twitter accounts on Tuesday. .READ MORE: CBC to resume posting on select Twitter accounts.“Today, we will resume some activity on a handful of umbrella Twitter accounts, including @CBCNews, but we will significantly reduce our overall Twitter footprint and continue to assess the platform against our strategy,” said CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon. .Fenlon said at the heart of press freedom is “the understanding no external government, group, or special interest should influence a news organization's journalism.”
Twitter CEO Elon Musk teased CBC’s return to the platform by posting a meme about it. .“I wish I knew how to quit you,” said Brokeback Mountain character Jack Twist in a Tuesday meme. .Twist is wearing a cowboy hat with a CBC logo on his hat. He puts his arm around Musk, who is sporting a cowboy hat with a Twitter logo. .CBC announced on April 17 it was pausing its use of Twitter after it received a government-funded media label. .READ MORE: CBC's Twitter account paused after labelled ‘government-funded media’ .It said its journalism is neutral and self-governed, and any suggestion to the contrary is inaccurate..Twitter's policies indicate different levels of editorial involvement with accounts identified as government funded. CBC media relations director Leon Mar said it “does not fulfill these requirements.”.CBC began putting content back on some of its Twitter accounts on Tuesday. .READ MORE: CBC to resume posting on select Twitter accounts.“Today, we will resume some activity on a handful of umbrella Twitter accounts, including @CBCNews, but we will significantly reduce our overall Twitter footprint and continue to assess the platform against our strategy,” said CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon. .Fenlon said at the heart of press freedom is “the understanding no external government, group, or special interest should influence a news organization's journalism.”
