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Bill: Media Printing Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakania Republican 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: April 2246
Description[?]:
| Now, there is nothing wrong about printing proven falsehoods. Have you even seen the World Weekly News and how it has headline such as "Hitler found alive in Iraq and is helping Saddam Hussein" or that a bunch of UFO's were spotted and they were dressed in Elvis suits. Come on, that is humorous. See the law as it is now could deprive people from humor but a logical reason is it is curtailing certain civil liberities. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:17:18, June 27, 2006 CET | From | Citizens For A Progressive Jakania | To | Debating the Media Printing Bill |
| Message | Come on! Weekly World News is comedy. There's a difference between telling a joke (did a horse really walk into a bar and get asked 'why the long face'??) and giving *information*. |
| Date | 18:58:40, June 27, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Republican Party | To | Debating the Media Printing Bill |
| Message | Weekly World News is a certain type of media. People could choose to believe or not but if they do I think they are nuts. |
| Date | 20:38:20, June 27, 2006 CET | From | Jakania Union Party | To | Debating the Media Printing Bill |
| Message | The problem is this basically imposes a prior restraint on the media and invites government control of the media, which we don't agree with. It's basically letting the camel's nose in under the tent and we don't agree the government should effectively tell media what they can and cannot publish or broadcast. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 140 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 54 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 56 |
| Random fact: Party organizations are eligible for deletion if they are over 50 in-game years old, do not have at least 1 active member or are historically significant and possess historically significant information. |
| Random quote: "We here thank those in Deltaria who put [Zardic spy Mona Rivet] to justice in the most humane way possible. With bullets." - Sergio Rodriguez, former Egelian journalist |