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Bill: Public media reform Bill
Details
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: May 2160
Description[?]:
| I think we should have at least one public radio/television broadcast, and use it for cultural purpose. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station 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 a national TV station 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 | 15:40:14, December 21, 2005 CET | From | Dolgarian Imperial Revivalists | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | I'm suprised that I'd forgotten about this one. Needless to say, we support this proposal.... |
| Date | 02:09:06, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Liberty and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | As we were the ones who changed the laws int he first place... we wont be voting for ;) |
| Date | 04:22:06, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | 100% agreed and in favor |
| Date | 04:22:29, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | Yea, along with IPD, I thought we decided to make them private, or something like that. |
| Date | 04:54:49, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Liberty and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | You're voting for this, CC? I'm getting a mixed message... |
| Date | 10:33:14, December 22, 2005 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | Me too.., anyway it's just one public station, there can still be plentty of private stations |
| Date | 13:41:36, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Socio-Democratic Union | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | I support this. |
| Date | 14:29:50, December 22, 2005 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | When i'll see the opinion of the republican party, i will put this on vote |
| Date | 18:31:01, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | no mixed message. I believe that nothing should be government run, and nothign should be supported financially that cannot survive as a private enterprise. That goes for television, media, museums, historical parks, etc. |
| Date | 18:32:14, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | OH WAIT My bad. Oh yea No way i am voting for this. My bad. |
| Date | 18:35:10, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | Yea I gave a long laundry list of reasons that all media should be private. Most notably is that they either become political propaganda centers for the government, and also, EVERYTHING no matter how "unbiased" they claim, is biased. By making everything private, the government can remain detached from political opinion, and the media is ensured a place as a government watchdog, rather than just a propaganda center. Not including the fact that PBS is the crappiest station ever, and only survives through donations, the way it should. (with the exception of Sesame Street, the greatest show ever. The count is my idol... ALL HE DOES IS COUNTS!!! he is so smart.) |
| Date | 18:35:56, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | Yea i had a brain fart, and thought he proposed making all stations PRIVATE. |
| Date | 19:07:18, December 22, 2005 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | You say a public radio becomes propaganda...but if there are lots of privates and free radio the freedom of speech is granted. Instead, having all station private may exclude all the arguments that doesnt "bring in" money... Lots of point of view are always better. |
| Date | 19:29:09, December 22, 2005 CET | From | Movement for White Supremacy | To | Debating the Public media reform Bill |
| Message | I disagree. If there is a market for a certain point of view, then private stations will use that to their benefit. Look at the Golf channel. Who the hell watches that?!? however, they obviously have a market that needs to be reached. My beef isnt with the good that public stations perform. My beef is with stations like Telesur and Al JAzeera. Both government owned and run, and both are horrible communist propaganda stations. I actually do not mind having those stations, AS LONG AS THEY ARE PRIVATE. If there were NO market for Private television. And if the only station existing had to be government funded, just for informational purposes I would support it. Kinda like the internet. There was no private market for the internet, so the government funded the research and brought it into existence. However that isnt the case here. the government has no place stating political ideologies and wasting money providing public television when there is no need.. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 325 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 339 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 86 |
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