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Tell Us How You Really Feel About Fast Track Opponents, New York Times
What the New York Times thinks you are if you oppose corporate trade deals (cc photo: John Lillis) The New York Times‘ Jonathan Weisman (2/9/15) reports that President Barack Obama’s chances of getting...
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The Washington Post’s Longstanding Contempt for People Who Work for a Living
The Washington Post is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, the world’s 15th richest human, but it was already promoting the interests of the wealthy when it was owned by mere multi-millionaires. The...
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Calling TPP Foes ‘Simplistic,’ USA Today Simply Gets the Numbers Wrong
USA Today (5/3/15) got its numbers seriously wrong in pushing the case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Its editorial, headlined “New Trade Deal Triggers Angry, Fact-Free Uproar,” told...
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To Washington Post, Downsides of TPP Are Someone Else’s Problem
Pushing the fast-track authority that will be needed to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a Washington Post editorial (4/19/15) complained about those who argue that rules on currency values...
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Too Soon to Criticize Secret TPP Deal, Says NYT—But Never Too Early to Praise It
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The New York Times (10/5/15), reporting that a final agreement had been reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a still-secret commercial agreement involving 12 nations in Asia...
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Tom Friedman Mourns a Trade Deal He Doesn’t Understand
Thomas Friedman in the New York Times (6/28/17): “It is hard to think of anything more stupid.” Thomas Friedman, who is legendary for his boldly stated wrong assertions, got into the game again, making...
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Do Corporate Media Need to Lie to Promote Trade Deals?
Politico (8/7/17) I understand people can have reasonable differences of opinion on trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but why is it that the proponents have to insist, with zero...
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Trying to Sell TPP by Repackaging It as an Anti-China Pact
As a wall against China, the TPP is not particularly great. (cc photo: Wikimedia/Jakub Hałun) In elite circles, you are supposed to be for anything called a “free trade” agreement; otherwise, people...
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If NYT Likes Stronger Copyright, That Doesn’t Make It ‘Free Trade’
New York Times (5/3/18) Many folks in the media seem to think it is part of their job to promote trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—not only in opinion pages, but in the news...
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The Incredible Belief That Corporate Ownership Does Not Influence Media Content
As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting and investigating key issues at the...
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