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Bill: Media Freedom Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal-Progressive Union
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 2185
Description[?]:
| This bill allows for all television and radio ownership to be operated by private media. |
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 private.
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 media are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:43:16, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  Bolivarian Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act. |
| Message | Just because the goverment has a radio station and a tv station doesn't mean there isn't freedom in the media. |
| Date | 16:32:06, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act. |
| Message | The government can buy television and radio air time just like everyone else, which is real freedom in the media. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 136 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 161 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 103 |
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| Random quote: "Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America." - Thomas L. Johnson |