CBC should exit Twitter over ‘government-funded media’ label: public policy expert | National Newswatch

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TORONTO — At least one public policy expert says CBC should leave Twitter after the social media giant labelled its main account as"government-funded media."

The executive director of the Master of Public Policy in Digital Society at McMaster University says an exit from Twitter would be an opportunity for CBC to refresh the public's understanding of how its funded and maintain editorial independence.

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