you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the interview: elon musk. it is not you get invited by one of the world s richest and most influential people to a sit down interview. i received a response to an e mail let s do an interview tonight. just a few short hours later, we were setting up in twitter s headquarters in san francisco. we are about to go live, very surprisingly, we just found out, on twitter, that that is even on mask. 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 i don t think the bbc was thrilled about being labelled state media. it thrilled about being labelled state media. . , thrilled about being labelled state media. ,~ thrilled about being labelled state media. , . ., media. it has officially ob ected to that term. you media. it has officially ob ected to that term. you want media. it has officially ob ected to that term. you want to h media. it has of
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
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
the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there are many mistakes made along the way, of course? live now to san francisco and our technology correspondent james clayton. this was a sur
hello and welcome. the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. let s hear a little more of elon musk james clayton began the interview