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Bill: Media Responsibility Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: HaLeumit Tikvah
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: June 2566
Description[?]:
| "While we are all in favour of privatisation in most instances, the reality is that the press in the hands of private organisations finds it's information distorted by the opinions of the owners." -Gilad Lifschitz |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:06:22, April 26, 2008 CET | From | New Socialist Agenda | To | Debating the Media Responsibility Act |
| Message | "The press is not distorted by the opinions of the owners, but by the financial interests of the private media. The government media finds itself distorted by what is best for the government and its politicians - and this is NOT what is best for the people. At least with private press, what the people want is what is in the financial interests of the private media." -Raamiah Galgenstrick, Chairman of the GJA Foreign Minister of the SJHB |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 49 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 160 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." - George Washington |