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Why having the right label is important

How a row over a Twitter label describing the BBC as a government funded media was resolved. A former BBC executive tells us why she thinks the BBC was right to fight its corner.

A row over a Twitter label describing the BBC as "government funded media" has been resolved - it is now to be labelled “publicly-funded”.
We hear your thoughts on that Twitter spat and a former senior executive with the corporation tells us why she thinks the BBC was right to fight its corner.

Plus, the Lazarus Heist is back for a second series - we hear listeners’ early reviews.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon.
A Whistledown Production for the BBC World Service

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Mon 17 Apr 202302:50GMT
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  • Sat 15 Apr 202308:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & South Asia
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa
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  • Mon 17 Apr 202302:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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    The BBC World Service’s monthly listener feedback programme