Bernie Sanders Discusses TPP and lack of public knowledge

[Armstead]

Last edited Tue Feb 18, 2014, 10:31 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/a-bad-deal-for-workers-ignored-by-network-news

A Bad Deal for Workers Ignored by Network News
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday made the case against a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The international agreement would be a “disaster” for American workers, Sanders said in an interview on MSNBC, but good news for multi-national corporations that pay Vietnamese laborers the minimum wage of 28-cents an hour.

Did you know that? You wouldn’t if you relied on network news to tell you what’s going on in the world. A new study by Media Matters for America found that there wasn’t a single mention of the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the past six months on the CBS Evening News, ABC's World News and NBC Nightly News. The Ed Schultz show on MSNBC (where Sanders was a guest on Tuesday) was responsible for 32 of the 33 mentions of the trade deal during the same six-month period on cable new programs on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

Maybe it helps to point out important issues that the networks ignore. In a letter last Jan. 16, Sanders and eight other senators asked TV executives why there had been “shockingly little discussion” about global warming on the Sunday shows. Then, this past Sunday there were serious discussions about climate change on all three major networks’ Sunday shows. Coincidence? Sanders welcomed the development. “This is a step in the right direction. Global warming is the most serious environmental crisis facing our planet.” Fox News’ Roger Ailes has not replied to the senators.

Video:
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/video-audio/a-bad-deal-for-workers

[hootinholler]

1. Kick! n/t

[WillyT]

2. HUGE K & R !!!

[livingwagenow]

3. I hope Bernie runs for president in 2016. knr nt

[polichick]

4. Not a single mention of the TPP on ABC, CBS and NBC evening news in 6 months...

What's that called again when corporations control the news?

[Armstead]

5. Corporate Dictatorship

[grahamhgreen]

12. Ubbb ahhhh fascism?

[wildbilln864]

6. k & r for Bernie! n/t

[antigop]

7. K&R. I'm sure the Third Way sycophants will rec this thread-- NOT!. nt

[WillyT]

8. Hey Armstead...

Have you tried to get to that study at Media Matters ???

I got a 502 Bad Gateway when I tried the direct Google link.

You can get to the homepage, but when you do a search you get "Service temporarily unavailable."

Yet you can get to some of the articles on the homepage.



Hopefully it is just temporary, but it's been like that for a couple hours now.

[Armstead]

9. I just tried and it seems to have general indigestion beyond the front page

[jsr]

10. Recommend

[grahamhgreen]

11. TPP = lower wages, fewer jobs