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Bill: Media Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alorian Communist 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: September 2054
Description[?]:
| Foreign, multi-national corporations are brainwashing the people of Aloria! Corporate conglomerates are establishing a strangle-hold monopoly on information and it is worrying. We must act now. Having the entire media state-funded (not controlled, just funded) will make it more impartial, independant and lead to a higher quality of programming. There will be more variety as programmes that dont have large enough audiences to be screened on networks, or are too controversial to be screened by them will find a home. At the moment there is a worrying lack of intellectual programs as networks go for controversial, sensationalist programmes to grab ratings. The national IQ is however suffering from this! Nationalise the media and watch as our society reaps the benefits. |
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 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: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:41:33, May 18, 2005 CET | From |  Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | An indepedant watchdog will be set up to ensure neutrality, and the chairman of the stations will be selected in a non-political way. |
| Date | 19:17:17, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | Eh, totalitarian customs, my friend? |
| Date | 19:27:32, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | Totalitarian? Freeing the access of information from the corporations that currently put forward their own agendas under the banner of free speech makes us totalitarian? |
| Date | 20:02:12, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | What you want more than one public TV/radio station. You can always support minorities and marginal genres in these subsidized stations. |
| Date | 20:19:18, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | But what about stopping the corporate propaganda? I believe it is the govts duty to ensure neutral, quality programming. |
| Date | 21:17:02, May 18, 2005 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | But it isn't the government's responsibility to stifle free speech, and make the nation fully communist, BOTH of which you appear to be trying to do. |
| Date | 23:20:31, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | No no, the media will be independant. My party has 6 seats, how am I going to control it? There is no such thing as a free media as it will always be slanted to the person that is making it's opinion. As such, I believe state control will provide a less biased opinion and I for one dont trust the billionares that currently control the airwaves - do you think they have the peoples best interests at heart? |
| Date | 14:38:59, May 19, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
| Message | I don§t want to watch your propaganda on all TV channels. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 6 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 164 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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