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Bill: Free the Media
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2615
Description[?]:
| Let's get rid of the government stangehold on the press. |
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 private.
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 media are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Nudity on television is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:29:05, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Party of the Terravore | To | Debating the Free the Media |
| Message | I love this bill PCP! |
| Date | 02:35:37, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Free the Media |
| Message | The PCP would love to pass this so they could spred their lies without hinderance. |
| Date | 03:24:03, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF | To | Debating the Free the Media |
| Message | The People's Action party just wants to keep people serving the government. |
| Date | 04:12:17, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Federation Aldegarian Party | To | Debating the Free the Media |
| Message | NO to 1 and 2, we'll go with it for now |
| Date | 05:33:51, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF | To | Debating the Free the Media |
| Message | What lies have we attempted to spread? It is those on the left that have resorted to simple name-calling instead of any good agruments for their measures. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 345 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 405 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe." - Edmund Burke |