But you never know with elon musk. Theres a lot going on, so i thought this might be a Good Opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get some feedback, too. What should we be doing different . I know the bbc, for example, was not thrilled about being labelled state affiliated media. N ot exa ctly. I was going to get that later, but lets go for it now. It has officially objected to that term. Do you want to respond to it . Yeah, yeah. Our goal is simply to be as truthful and accurate as possible, so i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. Were trying to be accurate. I am not the bbc, but. Publicly funded is how the bbc describes itself. So, that would be accurate. If we use the same words that the bbc uses to describe itself, that, presumably, would be ok. I am not asking you for a yes or no, because you are not running the bbc per se, but it seems to pass a reasonability test. So youre going to change those labels
so called smart motorways which use measures such as variable speed limits to improve traffic flows. fourteen stretches of carriageway have already been paused or cancelled because of concerns over costs and safety. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, the interview: elon musk. it s not every day you get invited by one of the world s richest and most influential people to a sit down interview. earlier on tuesday, i d received a response to an e mailfrom mr musk. let s do an interview tonight, it read. just a few short hours later, we were setting up in twitter s headquarters in san francisco. hello, how are you doing? really nice to meet you, too. we are about to go live, very surprisingly, we only just found this out, on twitter, that that is elon musk. we didn t know about that, but you never know with elon musk. there s a lot going on, so i thought this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get some fe
interview with bbc, elon musk, the owner of twitter, admitted he only went through with the purchase of the company because a judge was about force him to do so, that his takeover of twitter was painful and quite a rollercoaster, but that he would sell the company if the right person came along. musk purchased twitter for a whopping $41; billion, just over £35 billion pounds. just over £35 billion. he inherited a workforce of over 8,000 employee which he has defended cutting down to around 1,500, saying the company would have gone bankrupt otherwise. it s been just over a year since mr musk began his takeover of twitter. he purchased his first shares on 5 april, 2022, buying 9%. days later, musk submitted an offer to buy the whole company, above the current stock price. that was accepted on the 25th of april. in may, musk tweeted that the deal to buy twitter was temporarily on hold, he said because of the volume of fake accounts. twitter denied that and invited musk to a me
with the leaked us intelligence documents, and a new report about who the source of those lea ks may be. the files, you might remember, first appeared in a chatroom on the online platform, discord. the washington post says it s spoken to at least two members of that chatroom, one who says they re friends with the alleged leaker. here s the headline: leaker of us secret documents worked on military base, friend says . the article talks about the alleged leaker s motivation, throughout, he s referred to as 06. for all og s disdain for the federal government, the member said there was no indication that he was acting in what he thought was the public interest by exposing official secrets. with me now is shane harris, national security reporter from the washington post, one of the journalists who worked on the investigation. thank you very much forjoining us. what more can you tell us about this alleged liquor? us. what more can you tell us about this alleged liquor? we about t
but you never know with elon musk. there s a lot going on, so i thought this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get some feedback, too. what should we be doing different? i know the bbc, for example, was not thrilled about being labelled state affiliated media. n ot exa ctly. i was going to get that later, but let s go for it now. it has officially objected to that term. do you want to respond to it? yeah, yeah. our goal is simply to be as truthful and accurate as possible, so i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. we re trying to be accurate. i am not the bbc, but. publicly funded is how the bbc describes itself. so, that would be accurate. if we use the same words that the bbc uses to describe itself, that, presumably, would be ok. i am not asking you for a yes or no, because you are not running the bbc per se, but it seems to pass a reasonability test. so you re going to change