Bill: Draft P.B. 04-XXX | ABC Act

[MrNeighbor]

A
BILL
TO
Establish a Public Broadcasting Service to have unbiased news for Alexandrians.​

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) may be cited as the 'Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation Act’ or ‘ABC Act’.
(b) may be numbered as P.B.04-###.
(c) shall be enacted upon its signage.
(d) has been authored by Minister of Development MrNeighbor.
(e) has been co-sponsored by <Position> <Co-Sponsor>.

2 - Definitions
(1) "Non-biased" shall be defined as the article not containing language that favours or attempts to persuade towards a specific opinion.

(2) "Politically neutral" shall be defined as the article not being written to favour a political party over another or others.

2 - Establishment and Management of the Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation
(1) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall be directed to establish and maintain a public entity named the Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation.
(a) An in-game db named "ABC" shall be created under the GovInterior account with Co-proprietor permissions of the db given to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
(i) The db permissions must be kept updated with whomever the Minister of Internal Affairs is.

(2) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall have the task of hiring, managing, and firing journalists for the Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation.

(3) The Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation's official logo shall be the attached image.

3 - Article Regulation
(1) The Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation shall be required to publish at least one newsarticle in #news per month containing at least 400 words.

(2) All articles written by journalists of the Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation must be non-biased, politically neutral, and cannot be advertising any product or company.
(a) All articles regarding political parties' stances and/or ideologies must give all political parties fair representation.
(b) Articles that cover the establishment or financial success of a company are not considered advertisements.

(3) Articles made by the Alexandrian Broadcasting Corporation must be one of the following categories:
(a) "Political," - The article focuses on elections, the Government, Parliament, or political parties.
(b) "Economics," - The articles focuses on businesses, economic and business laws or bills,.
(c) "International," - The article focuses on events happening outside the Kingdom of Alexandria.
(d) "Legal," - The article focuses on lawsuits, the Chancery, or the Magistrates Court.