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Bill: Nationalize the Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist 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: February 2056
Description[?]:
| same as before |
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 independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
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 TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:36:35, May 21, 2005 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Nationalize the Media Act |
| Message | What is the requirement for this? We already provide public broadcasting on both television and radio, why the need to bring all companies under the public domain? This has the whiff of totalitarianism about it... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 191 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 207 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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