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Bill: Media Reforms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fundamentalists First
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: April 2263
Description[?]:
| Release the state's stranglehold on all media... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:19:39, July 29, 2006 CET | From | Fundamentalists First | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | Article 4 may be removed, however I do not see a reason from stopping anyone showing pornography any time of the day... The media companies are out to make a profit, so no one will want to show anything that wont get any viewers... so they probably will not show pornography duing times when children watch, however no one should restrict their wishes to do so... |
| Date | 11:53:59, July 29, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Party | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | We support Articles 1 to 3. The sad fact is, there's always a demand for porn, no matter what time of day it is, so there's going to be the risk of kids seeing something they're not ready for. |
| Date | 00:24:05, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Patriots' Bloc | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | We absolutely support Articles 1-3, but having Article 4 may forces us to vote no. Remove that and you have our full support. |
| Date | 01:55:43, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | We oppose Articles 1, 2, and 3. We oppose Articles 1 and 2 because they suggest that the rest of the channels would be privatized. This is a hideous proposal, and would seriously hurt our excellent Telamonite television. In the future we might support turning all channels over to nonprofit organizations. We oppose Article 3 because it allows hate speech and racist filth to be broadcast all day. Article 4 we could concievably support, although it probably goes too far. |
| Date | 02:38:42, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Patriots' Bloc | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | The same party that supported that moronic nudist doesn't support Article 4?!? |
| Date | 20:07:59, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | Well, nudity and sexually explicit television are two entirely different things. |
| Date | 03:29:13, July 31, 2006 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the Media Reforms Act |
| Message | We don't accept article 3, though we love articles 1-2. Sorry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 601 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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