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Bill: Truth in Media.doc
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vanuku Corporate Alliance
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2497
Description[?]:
| The free press often offends. We must not restrict that right. Furthermore, truth be told, sensational journalism sells more papers. We will not be shy about that fact. However, a burgeoning media sector will reduce the likelihood of corporate interference to trim costs and cut back on journalism. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:05:42, December 06, 2007 CET | From | Vanuku People's Alliance | To | Debating the Truth in Media.doc |
| Message | People deserve freedom of expression, however unpopular. |
| Date | 10:22:41, December 06, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democrat Party | To | Debating the Truth in Media.doc |
| Message | Freedom of expression that could incite someone to be murdered? i dont think so. |
| Date | 00:28:23, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Vanuku Corporate Alliance | To | Debating the Truth in Media.doc |
| Message | It is tragic when so-called "hate speech" incites others to violence. However, is it the publisher of such sensationalism, or the weak-willed individuals that are to blame? If someone is driven to a murderous rage by hearing some sort of racial or cultural epithet in the newspaper, then that person is clearly already quite unstable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 26 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 34 |
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