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Bill: Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gao-Showa Imperial 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 2344
Description[?]:
| End government control over media output! |
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 owned by the state.
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: All television stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:37:09, January 12, 2007 CET | From |  Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | You make it seem like these stations are trying to control the people, all there doing is keeping people up to date on current events to help better educate the people. |
| Date | 00:30:11, January 13, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | Why aren't private individuals and corporations able to educate and inform people? Why id the government required to produce news (or int his case pay for it). If people want news they can pay for a private company to inform them, this is a waste of public money and liable to abuse by governments which wish to potray a biased opinion of themselves to the public. We do not believe that any major politican at the moment would use it for propoganda purposes, but as our not so distant pass proves it is a definite possibility. |
| Date | 18:48:46, January 13, 2007 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | This matter was voted on just a few months ago - accept the will of the people and the will of the Diet. |
| Date | 19:23:39, January 13, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | well then we must make sure the people are aware of our position and the best way to do that is to propose bills, whether they stand a chance of passing or not. |
| Date | 17:59:51, January 14, 2007 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | but they already know your position, seeing as how you voted against the move to create a national tv station. |
| Date | 00:02:48, January 15, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | some people may have been on holiday whent he original bill went through |
| Date | 00:03:51, January 15, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Remove Government Influence over the Media Bill |
| Message | anyway it did pass so it was well worth proposing it |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 314 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 300 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 136 |
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