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Bill: Public Media Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: MLTP (The Resistance)
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: March 2050
Description[?]:
| The government shall fund a number of independent radio and television stations which shall be run, with total editorial freedom, by collectives with a specific mandate to provide a broad-based mix of popular, cultural, educational and informative programming. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:06:33, May 08, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | Perhaps this will serve as a Desirable alternative to the "Government Media Act". |
| Date | 01:56:37, May 08, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | The CNT/AFL agrees with the formation of a Government media stations, but we must ensure a station whose content is completely independent from the government's agenda. |
| Date | 02:01:26, May 08, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | What do you think of the added clause? |
| Date | 04:31:17, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | Although this is a great improvement on the government media act, the CCF sees no reason for the government to interfere in the media sector at this time. |
| Date | 04:51:30, May 08, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | I suggest that you remove the part about the public being 'encouraged' to watch the government owned stations, future governments may intrepret that differently. |
| Date | 05:05:11, May 08, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | Removed. |
| Date | 15:53:40, May 08, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | I suggest you remove the part about being government run. Why don't you change it to: "The government shall fund a number of independent radio and television stations which shall be run, with total editorial freedom, by collectives with a specific mandate to provide a broad-based mix of popular, cultural, educational and informative programming." |
| Date | 17:22:31, May 08, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | Very well worded by Albert. |
| Date | 21:57:34, May 08, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | We wil support this form of te bill. |
| Date | 22:10:02, May 09, 2005 CET | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | The Council shares the CCF's sentiments and does not see a reason for this. |
| Date | 03:17:22, May 10, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | We have adopted the Albert Pary's wording. We're putting this to vote now. |
| Date | 15:34:09, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | This is a thoughtful and well-worded bill, certainly. However, it remains CCF party policy to oppose state-subsidized media outlets. If a future bill on this topic comes up, offering tax breaks to purely educational stations, then we could lend it our support. |
| Date | 18:45:49, May 10, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Public Media Bill |
| Message | Sorry, I didn't think about this before, but these should be advertising-free stations, which is why they need funding. One of the advantages of this is that it allows educational tv and radio not to be compromised by advertising or product placement. This is key to shielding children and young people from advertising. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 23 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 65 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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