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Bill: Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative Party
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: May 2345
Description[?]:
| The NCP does not see why the government needs to waste money subsidising unpopular, unwatched, and irrelevant television and radio stations. Let the people decide what they watch and hear. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives 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 independent non-profit-making cooperatives 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 | 15:47:20, January 13, 2007 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act |
| Message | The preservation of Ikradonian culture should not be at the mercy of temporary market forces. |
| Date | 18:07:55, January 13, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act |
| Message | Does the FFP really consider the morning breakfast show on our national radio station to be culture? If so, surely we should nationalise newspapers as well. |
| Date | 01:25:44, January 14, 2007 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act |
| Message | We have no interest in "nationalizing" any media. We do, however, feel that there is value in having public media available. The morning breakfast show is only part of what our public media offer, and the diversity of programming possible is far greater than what would be available if market forces and mass trends were to be the sole governing forces over our media offerings. We reject the notion that the value of something can be assessed based only on its popularity. After all, one can scarcely remember the top 40 lists on pop radio from ten or even five years ago, but the enduring value of cultural achievements from centuries past and present continue to be celebrated through public media. |
| Date | 01:28:34, January 14, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act |
| Message | As a matter of fact, yes it is. The importance of independent public media cannot be underestimated, whether it's simply to provide a source of news and information that doesn't have to pander to sponsors or the lowest common denominator, or providing a platform for our own artists, our own productions, our own shows. |
| Date | 07:27:59, January 14, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Liberation of the Traditional Media Marketplace Act |
| Message | Culture is much more than museums and symphonies -- it is institutions, ideas, habits of thinking. If culture is to be preserved, it is vital that we have a diversity of information available to the people. This bil will give the people less choice, not more -- as the regressive force of the market is brought to bear on the airwaves and sense is replaced by sensationalism. This bill must be resisted, and opposed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 70 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 608 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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