Privatize the Atlasian National Broadcaster Act (Debating)

[Clark Kent]

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Sponsor: Speaker Kent

[Clark Kent]

Seems rather self-explanatory. There are already numerous media outlets, and the government doesn't need to get itself involved. President Griffin's 2016 budget reveals that we spent $2.45 billion on the ANB, money that could have been spent elsewhere. I've spoken to the owner of Nyman Weekly, and he is willing to buy the ANB for $10 billion.

[Prince of Salem]

Isn't any other company interested in this bid?

[Classic Conservative]

Isn't any other company interested in this bid?

Well, when this bill was crafted by Governor Bessell, Speaker Kent, Governor Leinad and myself we debated that issue very thoroughly but we decided that it would be better if Nyman Weekly bought it instead of bringing it to auction because we did not want to run the risk of it being bought by a political hack such as Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Al Gore or Rachel Maddow.

[Leinad]

Not a Senator, but posting here since I was mentioned.

As I said privately, I think we should have a bipartisan committee to sell it to an independent non-partisan entity, probably with some agreements on fairness, content, and the like. In practice, the GM would control the decision of this NPC entity, and would probably go with Nyman Weekly if they (er...we ) make a compelling public bid.

I just find it improper to mention a specific entity to sell it to like this.

Oh, and I'm fairly certain PBS still exists independent of this--although that wasn't answered in the last thread from 2012.

Obviously this is for the (current ) Senators to decide, just giving you my thoughts.

[Prince of Salem]

Leinad just voiced my concerns pretty well.

[Potus]

Support privatization.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I basically agree with Leinad. If we're going to privatize the ANB, we shouldn't be accepting any offers before all interested parties have had a chance to make their bids.

[Mike Thick]

Yeah, I'd be cool with an auction. (As CEO of Nyman.)

[Blair]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

[Associate Justice PiT]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

     Indeed, we should have an auction (as Ted Bessell put it) and reserve the right to deny sale to entities that we believe would advance skewed perspectives.

[Leinad]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

     Indeed, we should have an auction (as Ted Bessell put it) and reserve the right to deny sale to entities that we believe would advance skewed perspectives.

Still not a Senator, but I agree with you two's concerns. Hence the "privatization committee" idea.

(Also, I didn't notice that Blair appointed himself until I saw "Senator Blair" in this thread two minutes ago. I temporarily thought I had been transported to mid-2015. )

[Blair]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

     Indeed, we should have an auction (as Ted Bessell put it) and reserve the right to deny sale to entities that we believe would advance skewed perspectives.

Still not a Senator, but I agree with you two's concerns. Hence the "privatization committee" idea.

(Also, I didn't notice that Blair appointed himself until I saw "Senator Blair" in this thread two minutes ago. I temporarily thought I had been transported to mid-2015. )

The problem with Atlasia is you go round in circles- I just know that I'll retire as an Assembly member. Although there's a certain joy in appointing yourself as Senator

[Associate Justice PiT]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

     Indeed, we should have an auction (as Ted Bessell put it) and reserve the right to deny sale to entities that we believe would advance skewed perspectives.

Still not a Senator, but I agree with you two's concerns. Hence the "privatization committee" idea.

(Also, I didn't notice that Blair appointed himself until I saw "Senator Blair" in this thread two minutes ago. I temporarily thought I had been transported to mid-2015. )

The problem with Atlasia is you go round in circles- I just know that I'll retire as an Assembly member. Although there's a certain joy in appointing yourself as Senator

     Given the rate of turnover Atlasia sees and how much the landscape changes, going round in circles is pretty normal.

[Clark Kent]

I understand your concerns, but as the Secretary of State said, we were concerned about the possibility of a partisan hack buying it. I can add an amendment to the bill to fix this, though. We can vet any potential buyers to ensure that this does not fall into the wrong hands.

[Blair]

What would stop it being sold off after we've approved it's sale to someone suitable?

I'd be open to private privatization, but with the government still holding some sort of stake in the company

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

     Indeed, we should have an auction (as Ted Bessell put it) and reserve the right to deny sale to entities that we believe would advance skewed perspectives.

Still not a Senator, but I agree with you two's concerns. Hence the "privatization committee" idea.

(Also, I didn't notice that Blair appointed himself until I saw "Senator Blair" in this thread two minutes ago. I temporarily thought I had been transported to mid-2015. )

The problem with Atlasia is you go round in circles- I just know that I'll retire as an Assembly member. Although there's a certain joy in appointing yourself as Senator

     Given the rate of turnover Atlasia sees and how much the landscape changes, going round in circles is pretty normal.

You don't say?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Still not a Senator,

Please tell me you are not going to post that everytime. Blair might be back, but Polnut is not. There is no need to for non-Senators to refrain from posting here or to infer that such is desired.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

Are you implying that the BBC, does not have trashy dramas on it?


That said, I share your concern. I also like auctions, especially ones conducted as the one the one in the 1968 Casino Royale movie was. Now that was drama.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

(I temporarily thought I had been transported to mid-2015. )

Good Times! Even down to the impeachments. Except for that part where everyone started resigning, that was bad.

[Blair]

Naturally we have broadcasters like this because they provide a national service-it's vital that we have news agencies that aren't just swayed by trashy drama or ratings wars. We need a quality, public service broadcaster-however I believe that can still go hand in hand with selling it to another company. I'd want certain safeguards put in place before any sell however

Are you implying that the BBC, does not have trashy dramas on it?


That said, I share your concern. I also like auctions, especially ones conducted as the one the one in the 1968 Casino Royale movie was. Now that was drama.

Oh of course not- anyone who's seen Mrs Browns Boys knows the BBC has been scrapping the barrel, but compared to ITV/Channel 5 at least they don't just show 'Benefits Porn' which is basically an hours program laughing at poor people.

[Leinad]

Still not a Senator,

Please tell me you are not going to post that everytime. Blair might be back, but Polnut is not. There is no need to for non-Senators to refrain from posting here or to infer that such is desired.

Ah, well, that's how it probably should be. So I'll stop doing that then.

[Blair]

I just read the original bill, and was rather surprised to see that we're putting a 0.5% tax on people's pay checks who earn over 40,000 simply to fund this bill- seems rather excessive

[Blair]

On another point I'd support repealing or heavily amending the original bill-it's got some rather strange aspects such as giving people 3 months term on the board.

What do other Senators feel about this?

[Clark Kent]

On another point I'd support repealing or heavily amending the original bill-it's got some rather strange aspects such as giving people 3 months term on the board.

What do other Senators feel about this?

In my proposal, I do include a clause repealing the original bill.