The Trans-Pacific Partnership is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic international agreements of the modern era, covering policies as diverse as internet piracy and generic pharmaceutical exclusion periods.

But despite leaks that have allowed some insight into the proceedings of the secret negotiations, the whole saga seems to only receive coverage in fringe media, while mainstream media would rather report on that kindergarten teacher who quit her job to twerk for a living.

So why aren’t we being told about what is going on? Is there a gag order that the smaller outlets are ignoring, or do the bigger organisations think the average citizen won’t be interested in the loss of internet freedom and hugely increased costs of cancer medications?

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