John Gruber$44 billion to run the site like a 7th grader would.
Anthony Piscitelli@gruber I hope this inspires the CBC to start a Mastodon server. #cbc #twittermigration
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/10/CBC-Should-Start-Own-Mastodon-Server/
Gerald Leppert, PhD 
In fact, it's time for #CBC to consider starting an own #Mastodon / #Fediverse instance.
After #Twitter labeled CBC as "Government-funded Media", #CBC and #ICI.Radio-Canada decided to pull out of #Twitter. The only logical consequence would be to create a #Mastodon account or an own instance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-twitter-government-funded-media-1.6812591
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1972182/reax-trudeau-poilievre-twitter-cbc-radio-canada
CBC pauses Twitter activity after being labelled 'government-funded media' | CBC News
CBC/Radio-Canada has paused activities on its corporate and news Twitter accounts, after the social media platform put a "government-funded media" label on its @CBC account, in its latest move to stamp public broadcasters with designations.
Ellie Harvie@gerald_leppert @Anthony @gruber so ridiculous to suggest "government funded" is bad. We live is a damn democracy! Better we can vote out fools that be beholden to rich fools who hold the purse strings and are responsible to NO ONE!! How are those news channel labelled on Twitter?? They should be labelled "stinking rich, old, white guy funded."
@eharvie I think the problem for CBC is the significant difference between "Publicly-funded media" and "Government-funded media" whereas the latter implies government involvement over editorial content, as found in authoritarian states.
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/government-media-labels
@gerald_leppert @Anthony @gruber government funded IS publicly funded - in a democracy anyway. In the same way that the Canadian medical system is publicly funded - it's not "government" funded. Schools, arts organizations, universities - publicly funded. Not "government" funded. They would be funded regardless as to which "government" is elected.