hello and welcome. let s return to the last minute unexpected interview that elon musk the boss of twitter and ceo of tesla has been doing with the bbc s james clayton. this came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. james began by asking him why he decided to do this interview. there is a lot going on, so i thought this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and. you know, i guess maybe get some feedback, too. what should we be doing different? i know the bbc for example is not thrilled about being labelled state funded media. it has viciously objected to that term, do you want to respond to it? i wanted to be as truthful and accurate as possible. i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. we are trying to be accurate. too objectionable. we are trying to be accurate- too objectionable. we are trying to be accurate. publ
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