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Bill: Media Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Syndicalist Worker's Party
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: January 2995
Description[?]:
| It is a terrible shame when the television tells people what to buy what to eat. It is an even greater shame when it lies to them and what they buy is damaged or poisonous. The RSWP seeks to deal with the dangerous freedom that corporate Rutanian has in shaping the buying habits of ordinary Rutanians. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:44:35, September 02, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Media Bill |
| Message | Free speech is the basis of free society. We thought an organization like the RSWP would support such a notion. Why don't they change their names to the Rutanian Fascist Party? |
| Date | 10:35:41, September 02, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Elitist Party | To | Debating the Media Bill |
| Message | Strongly opposed! |
| Date | 21:16:55, September 02, 2010 CET | From | Subsidiarity Party | To | Debating the Media Bill |
| Message | TSP would like to remind the RSWP that nobody forces the citizens of the Commonwealth to watch the television. Perhaps the energies of the RSWP would be better spent in forwarding "turn off the TV"-style commercials for the benefit of viewers. There is no reason to interfere with a totally optional and unnecessary institution for entertainment purposes. Those who work to keep the stations running deserve to make a living, do they not? |
| Date | 05:12:57, September 03, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Syndicalist Worker's Party | To | Debating the Media Bill |
| Message | And if the people cannot air their views because they cannot afford to compete with the television and radio programs and ads of the oligarchy? It's all fine to bandy about terms like 'free speech' when you have money and can afford to buy your rights, but when you are among the working poor, life is a little different. This bill however is not about freedom of speech, it is about advertising. In most civilized countries it is illegal to deliberately lie to the populace. This is not the case in Rutania. Here, an oligopoly owns nearly entire the media and they use it to sell dangerous goods to the public. We seek only to right this particular wrong. This is not extremism or fascism, it is justice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 174 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 308 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 23 |
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