They never tried to hide any double meaning. It was pretty explicit when they launched the label: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/new-labels

They never tried to hide any double meaning. It was pretty explicit when they launched the label: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/new-labels-for-government-and-state-affiliated-media-accounts https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/new-label... > Unlike independent media, state-affiliated media frequently use their news coverage as a means to advance a political agenda. We believe that people have the right to know when a media account is affiliated directly or indirectly with a state actor. State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, will not be labeled.