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| Official Media Establishment Act (Debate); A proposal creating an Official Media. | |
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| Birkinghamia | Jul 31 2012, 02:16 AM Post #1 |
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| Commonwealth | Jul 31 2012, 04:04 AM Post #2 |
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I don't like the idea of the government being in charge of the press. |
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| Birkinghamia | Jul 31 2012, 04:23 AM Post #3 |
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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 | Aug 2 2012, 01:15 PM Post #4 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 2 2012, 11:00 PM Post #5 |
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Those are good ideas I will update this to include your suggestions, and a few other mistakes I noticed.
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| Onza | Aug 3 2012, 01:22 AM Post #6 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 3 2012, 03:11 AM Post #7 |
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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 | Aug 3 2012, 07:09 PM Post #8 |
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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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| Onza | Aug 3 2012, 07:54 PM Post #9 |
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AHEM!! The Weekly Sentinel is there ;) |
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| Welsh Cowboy | Aug 3 2012, 08:36 PM Post #10 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 3 2012, 08:54 PM Post #11 |
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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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| Welsh Cowboy | Aug 4 2012, 03:27 PM Post #12 |
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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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| Deleted User | Aug 4 2012, 07:57 PM Post #13 |
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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. Luddite President will be Luddite President. |
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| Welsh Cowboy | Aug 4 2012, 09:56 PM Post #14 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 4 2012, 11:21 PM Post #15 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 5 2012, 01:58 AM Post #16 |
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If I may ask, how does opposing an official media make one a "Luddite"? |
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| Minecraftia | Aug 5 2012, 02:19 AM Post #17 |
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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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| Birkinghamia | Aug 5 2012, 02:30 AM Post #18 |
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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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| Deleted User | Aug 5 2012, 07:02 PM Post #19 |
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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.
''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.
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.
And people can do that even when this paper is created. Competition is a good thing.
Because it's structured, planned, organized, and has stuff (including myself). |
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| Deleted User | Aug 5 2012, 07:04 PM Post #20 |
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People they're the type of people who say ''everything is fine nowadays''. |
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I will update this to include your suggestions, and a few other mistakes I noticed.


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