Musk changes CBC’s label to ‘69% government funded’ after CBC Twitter pause

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8 points·CharlesW··8 comments

Needs to change BBC News to "Coercion Funded Media" or "Threat Funded Media" refuse to accept that an organization that LARPs as a fake government body (TV Licensing) and sends me a threatening letter every 2 weeks with threats of fines, courts and police when I have zero interest of watching their product to be "Publicly Funded".

You can tell them you don't need one here https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/t...

It does need abolishing though.

Don’t see why I should dox myself to them for a thing I never want and never asked for.

The TV tax is just that, a tax. A weird, oddly specific tax with its own weird, oddly specific tax enforcement department. But that's all it is. A tax. And yes, most countries with taxation collect taxes with threat of force.

It’s not a tax, it’s optional. It’s a subscription pretending to be a tax with a fake organization as it’s enforcement arm.

That’s why it’s called “tv license” not “tv tax” and doesn’t feature on any of my tax documents.

In a year or so when all that is left on Twitter is Infowars and OAN, it will be interesting to see how many mouth-breathers Musk can keep entertained.

Perhaps he should be considering a strategic buyout of MyPillow, it’s more in line with his current business trajectory than his other endeavors.

And yet…the site is getting more publicity and users than ever before.

True. Very true.

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