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Official Media Establishment Act (Debate); A proposal creating an Official Media.
Topic Started: Jul 31 2012, 02:16 AM (231 Views)
Birkinghamia
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Official Media Establishment Act
 
Written and Proposed by Speaker Birkinghamia

In order to improve activity within DUAN, and to provide and official news source with the ability of distributing information publicly to improve general awareness of government activity, processes, and organization, I hereby propose the following legislation:


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Section A: Organization and Hierarchy of the Official Media

1. The Official Media shall be headed by one Editor-in-Chief, who shall be selected by means of a plurality democratic vote within the group of editors. The Editor-in-Chief shall serve indefinitely until he or she resigns from the position (including ceasing to exist). Should there be a vacancy within the position, a vote by means of a plurality democratic vote within the group of editors shall be held within one week of the vacancy's creation, in order to choose another Editor-in-Chief.

2. The Editor-in-Chief shall have the responsibility to oversee editors, journalists, and reporters; and shall organize all issues' layouts.

3. The Editor-in-Chief shall delegate tasks to editors, who shall delegate tasks to journalists, who shall delegate tasks to reporters.

4. An editor(s) shall edit reports that journalists write, and shall give journalists events, interviews, or other things to write about. Editors shall serve indefinitely or until resignation (including ceasing to exist). There shall, at all times, only be three editors (including the Editor-in-Chief), with the exception of the first four appointments to the editor positions. Should there be a vacancy made within the group of editors, the President shall appoint a new citizen to the position within seven days or when a citizen shows interest in the position.

5. A journalist(s) shall be given tasks by editor(s), and shall follow through with each task in a timely fashion. A journalist(s) shall also give reporters tasks to aid with their writings.

6. A reporter(s) shall follow through with tasks given by journalist(s) in a timely fashion.

7. Any position may be combined with any other position, with the exception of the Chairman, unless their is a vacancy in one or more positions within the hierarchy.

8. Any citizen may volunteer to join the Official Media as a journalist or reporter, however, he or she must not have committed a crime and must be able to log in most days of the week. Journalists and reporters serve indefinitely, and may resign at any time (including ceasing to exist).

Section B: Tasks of the Official Media

1. The Official Media shall have the task of reporting or making statements about current events within DUAN and the wider NS world, interview notable nations on topics of special interest, and/or publish statistics or analyses on topics of special interest.

2. The Official Media may report on RL events, however, it is not required to. "Letters to the Editor" (which is when citizens outside of the Official Media send letters to an editor/the Editor-in-Chief, responding to anything that was in the latest issue) are also permitted to be shown, but are not required to be.

3.The Official Media must release an issue every week or two weeks, depending on events within DUAN and the NS world. Special issues/statements/individual articles for special events are permitted.

Section C: Ratification

1. The President must appoint four people to the the position of editor within one week of this legislation's passage, or as soon as enough citizens place their candidacy for the position of editor.
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Commonwealth

I don't like the idea of the government being in charge of the press.
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Birkinghamia
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Jul 31 2012, 04:04 AM
I don't like the idea of the government being in charge of the press.
It wouldn't be in charge of it, just one news agency. Everyone's entitled to free speech, as stipulated by the constitution - so we couldn't outlaw free press or anything.
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IslandTerritoryRTG

I would propose making it a little more independent from the presidency. This would provide it with respect and legitimacy in the region. Thwarting criticism that it would be a biased loudspeaker for the president.

Perhaps it could be governed by a board of 3 editors that select their own editor-in-chief from among themselves. Leave filling vacancies on the board to the president, but make terms on the board indefinite, or longer than and overlapping presidential terms. This way board membership slowly changes relative to the head of govt, and becomes more independent. It would be like the membership of the supreme court or federal reserve in the US. The president appoints those members, but so infrequently that those organizations are relatively independent from the president giving them legitimacy.
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Aug 2 2012, 01:15 PM
I would propose making it a little more independent from the presidency. This would provide it with respect and legitimacy in the region. Thwarting criticism that it would be a biased loudspeaker for the president.

Perhaps it could be governed by a board of 3 editors that select their own editor-in-chief from among themselves. Leave filling vacancies on the board to the president, but make terms on the board indefinite, or longer than and overlapping presidential terms. This way board membership slowly changes relative to the head of govt, and becomes more independent. It would be like the membership of the supreme court or federal reserve in the US. The president appoints those members, but so infrequently that those organizations are relatively independent from the president giving them legitimacy.
Those are good ideas :) I will update this to include your suggestions, and a few other mistakes I noticed.
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I'm not exactly sure if my input is allowed here considering I'm not a representative, though I would like to say that the idea of a public sector news media does appeal to me as a journalist.

I do consider The Weekly Sentinel to be a private paper, and being a part of a public alternative is something that I would be interested in.
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Aug 3 2012, 01:22 AM
I'm not exactly sure if my input is allowed here considering I'm not a representative, though I would like to say that the idea of a public sector news media does appeal to me as a journalist.

I do consider The Weekly Sentinel to be a private paper, and being a part of a public alternative is something that I would be interested in.
Great!

One of the reasons I decided to create this was to help get some kind of media "officialized" to help continue its life...because in the past, volunteer/private newspapers all have failed.

I'm holding it temporarily until some more people are available to join; at this point I don't think creating more official positions is a good idea.
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Welsh Cowboy
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I'm very skeptical of an "official" news agency...

Why does DUAN need one? If people are concerned about it, start a private paper.
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Aug 3 2012, 07:09 PM
Why does DUAN need one? If people are concerned about it, start a private paper.
AHEM!!

The Weekly Sentinel is there ;)
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Welsh Cowboy
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By "one" I was referring to a government-run agency...

And by "it" I meant a lack of news. That's not my opinion, but maybe others are concerned about a problem with this.

That wasn't a jab at the Weekly Sentinel.
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Aug 3 2012, 07:09 PM
I'm very skeptical of an "official" news agency...

Why does DUAN need one? If people are concerned about it, start a private paper.
One of the reasons I decided to create this was to help get some kind of media "officialized" to help continue its life...because in the past, volunteer/private newspapers all have failed.

It would pretty much be independent of the government, besides the editors, and they can serve for as long as they want. That way the President can't control it - just like the SC.
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Birk, why do we need a government paper? I don't think you addressed that. Sorry.

As I said before, if people like you are concerned about a supposed lack of news, they are free to start a newspaper.

If all newspapers fail, isn't it evident people don't want news?
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Aug 4 2012, 03:27 PM
Birk, why do we need a government paper? I don't think you addressed that. Sorry.

As I said before, if people like you are concerned about a supposed lack of news, they are free to start a newspaper.

If all newspapers fail, isn't it evident people don't want news?
1: He just did.

2: Obviously, the point is that newspapers ran by private people have always failed historically, and we want to have at least one newspaper that stands the rest of time.

3: No, it's evidence of inactivity. But you're the person who thinks our region is doing fine, so whatever.

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I don't think my positions on the state of the region have anything to do with this issue, but leave that to others.

Alright. Here's my issue. No one has yet explained to me why an official newspaper would fill a void left by private news.

And to the matter of inactivity: inactivity doesn't matter one bit here. If there is only one active member, and that member wants a newspaper, he can start it. If there's fifty active members, but no one wants a newspaper, no one will start it.

I am advocating that if citizens feel there is a lack of news organizations or providers, they start one themselves.

If these private newspapers fail, for whatever reason, inactivity or lack of interest, what makes anyone believe that there would be enthusiasm for an official news service?
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Aug 4 2012, 09:56 PM
I don't think my positions on the state of the region have anything to do with this issue, but leave that to others.

Alright. Here's my issue. No one has yet explained to me why an official newspaper would fill a void left by private news.

And to the matter of inactivity: inactivity doesn't matter one bit here. If there is only one active member, and that member wants a newspaper, he can start it. If there's fifty active members, but no one wants a newspaper, no one will start it.

I am advocating that if citizens feel there is a lack of news organizations or providers, they start one themselves.

If these private newspapers fail, for whatever reason, inactivity or lack of interest, what makes anyone believe that there would be enthusiasm for an official news service?
Because the people who work in the newspaper would be legally required to keep up the news.

Onza has already stated that he has interest in this, and I would as well.

If it's something more "official", the government can promote and prompt activity within it (I can put a link in the WFE and at the top of the forums without question).

This is on hold for now, anyway, so I'm sure when the recruitment efforts bring more active people into the region, there will (hopefully) be more interest in the news.
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Luddite President will be Luddite President.

If I may ask, how does opposing an official media make one a "Luddite"?
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By "official-run", do you mean a newspaper like Syria's, or if the NYT was made official?

Also, what if newspaper officials CTE?
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By "official-run", do you mean a newspaper like Syria's, or if the NYT was made official?

I guess if the NYT was made official - it's mostly private, but with some nudging by the govt to keep it going.

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Also, what if newspaper officials CTE?

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Well, it actually does have a lot to do with it. Take it from somebody who's actually ran a newspaper before. You send out a bunch of polls and write a bunch of articles, so you can post your finished work and have nobody care about it. It eventually becomes thankless, and you give up.

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Alright. Here's my issue. No one has yet explained to me why an official newspaper would fill a void left by private news.


''It's not like creating a long-term newspaper when we have no newspapers is going to improve the situation.''

Yes, I know about TWS.

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And to the matter of inactivity: inactivity doesn't matter one bit here. If there is only one active member, and that member wants a newspaper, he can start it. If there's fifty active members, but no one wants a newspaper, no one will start it.


I honestly have to call into question your ability to read.

I stated that inactivity makes it harder to run a newspaper, because people don't care about what's going on.

Welsh Cowboy
 
I am advocating that if citizens feel there is a lack of news organizations or providers, they start one themselves.


And people can do that even when this paper is created. Competition is a good thing.

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If these private newspapers fail, for whatever reason, inactivity or lack of interest, what makes anyone believe that there would be enthusiasm for an official news service?


Because it's structured, planned, organized, and has stuff (including myself).
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Luddite President will be Luddite President.

If I may ask, how does opposing an official media make one a "Luddite"?

People they're the type of people who say ''everything is fine nowadays''.
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