Be Clear: Sanders opposes the TPP; Clinton does not oppose it. [View all]

[merrily]

First, let me say that studies have shown that many people read ONLY headlines.

http://macombpolitics.blogspot.com/2014/03/six-in-10-read-only-headlines.html

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/headlines-change-way-think

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3037742/evidence/misleading-headlines-can-leave-lasting-impressions-even-if-you-read-the-article


Knowing that perfectly well, our blessed msm very often uses misleading headlines to push its agenda, even if the story does not support the headline.

The next thing people read without going further? The first or lede or lead paragraph of the story.


So, let's see what CNN, for example, did with its story yesterday about Hillary and the TPP:

Hillary Clinton comes out against TPP trade deal (false headline)

By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN
Updated 5:24 PM ET, Wed October 7, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

CNN)Hillary Clinton came out against the Trans Pacific Partnership in an interview Wednesday, breaking with President Barack Obama and his administration, which has forcefully promoted the deal. (false lede)

In an interview Wednesday with PBS's Judy Woodruff in Iowa, Clinton said, "As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it."

The former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner cited the "high bar" she set earlier in the year as the reason she was giving the deal a thumbs down. (false)

"I have said from the very beginning that we had to have a trade agreement that would create good American jobs, raise wages and advance our national security and I still believe that is the high bar we have to meet," Clinton said.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/hillary-clinton-opposes-tpp/

Looking past the misleading headline and misleading lede, we learn that Hillary is very much in favor of a trans pacific partnership of some kind. However, she does not like everything she's learned about every provision of this particular trans pacific partnership agreement. However, you'd never know that from msm media coverage, would you?

See also: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/politics/45-times-secretary-clinton-pushed-the-trade-bill-she-now-opposes/

She worked on the TPP; she promoted the TPP; she called the TPP the gold standard; and she still favors a trans pacific partnership agreement, subject to some specifics that I don't believe she had identified yet. Bernie opposes the "giant sucking sound" of jobs going overseas.