UG SRC Debate Finals 2022

A Media Credit System is a national CSO-facilitated rating system that rewards media organizations and news platforms for good behaviour and sanctions them for bad behaviour. 1. It evaluates a defined set of actions that includes but goes beyond illegal or legally-obligatory acts (e.g., charitable donations or CSR, upholding rule of law, unpaid work; state interference, and littering). 2. Scores can be given by members of the public, corporations, NGOs, and the government. 3. Based on these scores, the government applies rewards and sanctions (e.g., fast-track through airport security, government-subsidized mortgages, tax holidays; or higher tax, slower document-processing times, and increased barriers to public information). In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Media Credit System