As
TPP Opposition Soars, Corporate Media Blackout Deafening “Opposition to
the Trans-Pacific Partnership—dubbed ‘NAFTA on steroids’—is receiving
unprecedented popular opposition and nearly no news coverage by major
outlets”
Trans-Pacific Partnership Barely Noticed By Weeknight News
Over The Past 18 Months Weeknight television news programs have given
little attention to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a sweeping
trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and 10 nations from
the Asia-Pacific region. Although the nations involved in the
negotiations create a huge amount of economic activity, only PBS and
MSNBC have devoted any significant coverage to the TPP since August
2013.”
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/02/04/study-tv-news-shows-largely-ignore-historic-tra/202403A Bad Trade Deal
Sen.
Bernie Sanders today slammed the introduction of a bill that would move
Congress closer to giving the president fast-track authority to approve
a massive and secretive trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific
Partnership. “The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the
latest in a series of failed trade policies which have cost us millions
of decent-paying jobs, pushed down wages for American workers and led to
the decline of our middle class,” said Sanders. “We want American
companies to create decent-paying jobs in America, not just in low-wage
countries like Vietnam, Malaysia or China. The TPP must be defeated.
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