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Bill: Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
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: September 4731
Description[?]:
| To remove the profit motive while still protectingn the freedom of the press. |
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 private.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
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 television media are private.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:33:19, March 26, 2020 CET | From | Moderate Republican Party (MRP) | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | This gives too much power to the government. The government can use these subsidies to influence the media. The media should be completely independent without any potential conflict of interest. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 214 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 92 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |