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Bill: Freedom of Information Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Republican Federalists
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: June 2200
Description[?]:
| Having a national radio station and a television station subsidized by the government amounts only to the government having a vehicle for propaganda. Privately owned radio stations and television stations are enough for the purposes of bringing educational and informational material to the public. |
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 independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
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: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:11:04, March 12, 2006 CET | From | Segue Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Freedom of Information Act |
| Message | Quite the contrary, in Britain the nationally-funded BBC radio and tv networks are among the Government's harshest critics. |
| Date | 16:05:57, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Republican Federalists | To | Debating the Freedom of Information Act |
| Message | Whether the BBC is critical of the government really doesn't matter, the government in Britain is left-leaning and so is the BBC. Secondly, why do we need a publicly owned tv and radio station? That is only a waste of taxpayer money. |
| Date | 18:56:16, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Segue Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Freedom of Information Act |
| Message | some state owned media ensures some coverage of minority interest programming - such as in-depth political coverage for instance. Also helps promote art and culture. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 82 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 388 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 90 |
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