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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on last edited by
    #45

    So, how is a government subsidy different? Because a subsidy is not supposed to be "on going" but is more of a one time thing?

    Or, is a subsidy also government funding but under a different name?

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    • LuFins DadL Offline
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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on last edited by
      #46

      Yeah, CBC is a totally serious news organization.

      The Brad

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        Yeah, CBC is a totally serious news organization.

        RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote on last edited by Renauda
        #47

        @LuFins-Dad

        Indeed it is. It also has, as the Twatter link you provided crudely pointed out, drama, comedy and sports programming along with arts and science documentary productions. Best of all, it broadcasts throughout the country in both official languages, French and English.

        It is produced by Canadians for Canadians. I support the CBC and regard it a treasured national cultural institution. I would willingly defend it with extreme prejudice.

        More:

        https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/poilievre-elon-musk-label-cbc-government-funded-twitter/wcm/deeb23e4-c295-4503-a46b-356c548973e4/amp/

        Elbows up!

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
          wrote on last edited by
          #48

          What "other media accounts" you ask?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG George K

            What "other media accounts" you ask?

            jon-nycJ Offline
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            jon-nyc
            wrote on last edited by
            #49

            @George-K

            Hence my earlier cui bono comment.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #50

              I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.

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                George K
                wrote on last edited by
                #51

                @Doctor-Phibes

                alt text

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #52

                  He is turning into a caricature. He is obviously a smart guy, but I think is starting to love publicity about himself a bit too much.

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Jolly
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                    #53

                    He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                    But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                      But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                      Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #54

                      @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                      He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                      But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                      1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                      2. Data mining

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                        But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #55

                        @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                        Money.

                        And with any luck to spend it to go and live on Mars.

                        I was only joking

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                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                          @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                          He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                          But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                          1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                          2. Data mining
                          JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #56

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                          @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                          He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                          But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                          1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                          2. Data mining

                          I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                            @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                            He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                            But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                            1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                            2. Data mining

                            I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

                            Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #57

                            @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                            @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                            He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                            But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                            1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                            2. Data mining

                            I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

                            I don't think it's any one event per se. I think he can now get a first-hand look at common consumer behavior, and how social media attention actually works. That kind of information would be valuable for just about anybody.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              Axtremus
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                              #58

                              Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:

                              https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/

                              Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
                              “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
                              “Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”

                              Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.

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                              • JollyJ Offline
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                                Jolly
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #59

                                NPR needs to start their own company to compete with Twitter.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:

                                  https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/

                                  Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
                                  “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
                                  “Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”

                                  Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.

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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #60

                                  @Axtremus said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                                  If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad

                                  LOL

                                  https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121242198/liz-truss-twitter-mistake

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