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Bill: Media Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Republic Party (NRP)
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: August 4176
Description[?]:
| The NPP wishes to make serious reforms to the media and its role in society in Talmoria. We hope the Liberal Coalition and other parties support our proposals. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Nudity on television is banned.
Current: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:34:30, March 05, 2017 CET | From |  Talmorian Democrats | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | Our party is gladly going to support this bill. |
| Date | 14:26:10, March 05, 2017 CET | From | Liberal Party of Talmoria | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | The Liberal Party of Talmoria will join the Talmorian Democrats in supporting this bill. |
| Date | 14:47:52, March 05, 2017 CET | From | Federalist Labor Party | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | We should promote the liberty of free speech in our nation but we should not waste the taxpayers' wages on a publically funded station. If the NPP can offer a reason to why we need such a station, then this bill gains our party's support. As it stands, we can not endorse legislation that is wasteful with our citizen's money. |
| Date | 22:25:03, March 05, 2017 CET | From | National Republic Party (NRP) | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | The key to a free democracy is to have a plural media. One which isn't controlled only by the rich and not only by the government but instead is formed of a delicate balance between the two. So in fact, taxpayers' money is going towards creating a more free and fair democracy. |
| Date | 02:59:58, March 06, 2017 CET | From | Federalist Labor Party | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | If there was a monopoly, count me in. However, it is a generalization that profiting private media entities are simply projecting a bias opinion about politics. Also, could this public media station be manipulated by you or I to further our political agendas? If your reasoning is that rich citizens in our country have too much power in presenting the news, what separates this variation from a private one? I must add, finally, that we have a deficit of ninety million Talmorian dollars and our nation, with so much potential, is one of the bottom ten countries in the world. We need to be concerned with where our money is going and I think that this bill exemplifies the financial irresponsibility present in our legislature. While you present a good argument, now, in the present state of Talmoria, this bill cannot stand. |
| Date | 09:39:27, March 06, 2017 CET | From | National Republic Party (NRP) | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | The station cannot be manipulated by the government. It is an entity funded by the government but governed by impartials. |
| Date | 14:09:56, March 06, 2017 CET | From | Federalist Labor Party | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | And what about its costliness? |
| Date | 21:58:51, March 06, 2017 CET | From | National Republic Party (NRP) | To | Debating the Media Reform Bill |
| Message | It will be a price worth paying in order to balance our democracy. Furthermore, to satisfy the Labor Party our government will present a budget. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 324 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 176 |
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