They want the TPP to happen because the TPP tightens the screws over copyrights so that they can have profitable controls over content.
And they want the TPP to happen because, as giant transnational corporations, they want to be able to sue governments over regulations they don't like.
This is one of the great ironies of American society.
For all the very real protections our Constitution provides for freedom of speech and freedom of the press, the actual media aren't all that good at telling us what's really going on. Profits and ad revenue get in the way of that, you know.
What does this mean? It means that we need to look towards independent and alternative media sources for news, especially when it comes to issues like the TPP that affect the bottom line of the giant corporations that own CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, Fox, or any of the other big media players.
The mainstream media will always stay silent on stories that interfere with their ability to make money, but that doesn't mean we have to.
So call your two senators and your member of the House of Representatives and tell them to just say "No" to SHAFTA/TPP and to the Fast Track authority that'll be necessary to shove this terrible deal through congress.
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