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Bill: Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist 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: September 2052
Description[?]:
| The parliament of Ikradon, RECOGNISING that profit-driven medias often exaggerate events and display false information in order to attract more viewers/listeners, while UNDERSTANDING the dangers associated with fully state-owned medias, DECIDES to bring all radio and television medias in the democratic republic under state control. SETS a committee of indepent journalists to oversee the broudcasting policy of all radio and television stations, to prevent biased broadcasting in favour of the state, while making certain that all information broadcast in radio and television are in keeping with good journalist custom and do not broadcast false information as facts. |
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: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
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: All television stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:14:34, May 13, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit |
| Message | Dictatorship! Why don't we all put up pictures of Big Brother and make Newspeak the offical language while we are at if? |
| Date | 04:00:56, May 15, 2005 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit |
| Message | We're in favour as long as independence of the media is absolutely guarenteed. |
| Date | 08:33:47, May 15, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit |
| Message | This bill is insane, the State cannot control the media and keep it independent! Independent review will be lost in favor of propogandia... The State will grow to lack transparcy and become corrupt! This will bring disaster! |
| Date | 09:29:19, May 15, 2005 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit |
| Message | Actually, it could be said that private media is the least independent because it is profit-oriented. There are enough protections of free speech in this bill and in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that we feel comfortable voting in favour. |
| Date | 19:11:39, May 15, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Information from Demands of Profit |
| Message | Excellent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 165 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 53 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 110 |
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