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Bill: National Television Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Manalishi Party
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: June 2232
Description[?]:
| In the interests of quality, informative and expressive programming, and against profiteering from cheap populism. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives 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 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 | 22:57:38, May 22, 2006 CET | From |  Growth and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the National Television Bill |
| Message | "In the interests of quality, informative and expressive programming, and against profiteering from cheap populism." What about entertainment? Does the GMP seriously want to get rid of all "fun" on tv? The best tv is ALWAYS the "cheap populism" as you claim, because there is a legitimate demand for shows that are simply entertaining. The consequences of this bill are quite apparent: 1) No more "cheap populist" tv channels such as JBC, JNN, J-Fox, etc, all replaced by JBS and other non-profits 2) Ratings plunge, as Jelbanians realize their only options for entertainment are Jesame Street and Jova starring that really old, boring man Alan Jalda. 3) Panic ensues as a thriving black market develops for importing "cheap populist tv" from overseas 4) President Richard Milhaus Friedman is forced to "declare war on tv", sending millions of tv smugglers to jail 5) Black market tv becomes the hottest drugs in school, starting from pre-school children More seriously though, what's wrong with the current option? While the GPP understands the GMP's faith in an active government, do you REALLY want to watch a tv show planned by politicians? |
| Date | 23:14:28, May 22, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the National Television Bill |
| Message | 1) We don't propose that politicians plan TV but that independent co-operatives do! this protects against political propaganda and indoctrination whilst allowing programming to be controlled from multiple viewpoints, as opposed to being controlled by the financial interests of one corporate bigwig. 2) We won't have to fight the black market because there will be no demand for one. 3) We are concerned by the fusion of entertainment and information in our society, we will not feed our citizens dumbed-down, apathy-inducing drivel. 4) "Le plaisir visuel ne suffit pas." (visual pleasure is insufficient) Jean-Luc Godard. 5) Private media/ media run on a hierarchical structure is the new "opium of the people". |
| Date | 01:44:41, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the National Television Bill |
| Message | The DLP would like to clarify that it is, actually, "opiate of the people". We see valid points from both sides. To the GPP, it is clear that the government would not be controlling television, nor would there necessarily be an end to good programming. It is well known in the business of entertainment that it is not to find out what the audience wants and then produce it, but to tell the audience what it wants and produce it. If this measure will put an end to reality television, we are in full support. |
| Date | 11:24:48, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the National Television Bill |
| Message | "Religion is the opium of the people" (translated from the German "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes") is one of the most frequently quoted statements of Karl Marx, from the introduction of his 1843 work Contribution to Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_people we'll call it an issue of translation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 181 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 160 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 284 |
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