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Bill: Media Privatization Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Liberty Party
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: July 2140
Description[?]:
| The privatization of the entirity of the media cuts down on unecassary spending with Seculia. Government TV and radio statios are not needed, since the private companies can give out important information if need be. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station 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 a national TV station 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:23:35, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | Once again, as stated earlier, I don't see the problem with one state run television and one state run tv network. Such networks are useful in order to air parliamentary debates, parliamentary investigations and committee meetings, and other trite and boring things that private, profit driven broadcasters won't show, but which the public nonetheless ought to have the right to see or hear. |
| Date | 21:04:13, November 11, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | You should see the reform act, it was my idear |
| Date | 22:32:05, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | VBS, there are some ideas I liked, some I didn't. By taking these to debate individually, I might be able to gtet more votes than alltogether, and find out which issues I can't pass and which ones I can't. "Once again, as stated earlier, I don't see the problem with one state run television and one state run tv network. Such networks are useful in order to air parliamentary debates, parliamentary investigations and committee meetings, and other trite and boring things that private, profit driven broadcasters won't show, but which the public nonetheless ought to have the right to see or hear." Is C-SPAN a government organization? |
| Date | 00:36:57, November 12, 2005 CET | From | North Majatran Union Congress | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | I agree with this bill, VBS' bills sometimes contain some decent proposals and so from now on we'll just have to strip them down into individual bills like this which are more than acceptable. |
| Date | 03:17:49, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | C-SPAN is the congressional channel in the US, I'm fairly certain it is government owned. I can say, without any hesitation that CPAC, its Canadian equivalent, is government owned (as is its French sister station). |
| Date | 04:04:25, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | no, C-SPAN is not government owned |
| Date | 04:26:53, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | Who owns it? |
| Date | 04:30:30, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | I just answered my own question - non-profit company owned by the cable industry. http://www.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=COMPANY You learn something new every day. |
| Date | 13:20:19, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | Yes. And therefore there is no reason to have public radio or TV stations. |
| Date | 20:00:25, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | What if you can't find a not-for-profit company to do the job? |
| Date | 23:21:10, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | If the people want it they will watch. No good businessman would miss a good market for a TV channel |
| Date | 01:22:00, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | But the people ought to have the right to access some information, even where its not profitable. Seenig this assembly, for instance, ought to be everyone's right, regardless of the fact that it is not a profitable commodity. |
| Date | 13:55:59, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | So this is a closed session? |
| Date | 16:07:37, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Seleucus Nicator | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | It would appear not, seeing as parties that have no seats are able to view (and participate in) it. |
| Date | 03:23:47, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Media Privatization Bill |
| Message | No, it isn't. but given we are a nation of three Islands, citizens can't just walk up the street and view sessions without effort. By ensuring there is a parliamentary channel offered by the government, anyone, regardless of location, can have immediate access to debates and proceedings, thereby helping to ensure transparent government. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 319 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 119 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 88 |
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