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MSNBC Cuts Away From Bernie Sanders as He Condemns Trans-Pacific Partnership

Comcast, which owns MSNBC, has lobbied for the TPP. Last year, host Ed Schultz, an outspoken opponent of the agreement, was fired.

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Cancer patients and survivors, health professionals and others protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal outside of PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, in Washington, DC, February 4, 2016.Cancer patients and survivors, health professionals and others demonstrated outside the trade group's offices against the TPP, which they say will prevent access to life-saving generic medicines and increase drug costs. / AFP / Saul Loeb (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Cancer patients and survivors, health professionals and others protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal outside of PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, in Washington, DC, February 4, 2016. Cancer patients and survivors, health professionals and others demonstrated outside the trade group's offices against the TPP, which they say will prevent access to life-saving generic medicines and increase drug costs. / AFP / Saul Loeb (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

MSNBC cut away from a live Bernie Sanders press conference this afternoon as the Democratic presidential candidate was talking about his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Watch the cutaway:


“You’ve been listening to Bernie Sanders, less of a press conference, more of a speech. I want to turn back to the Republican side of things,” said Kate Snow, as she pivoted to news of Ted Cruz firing a press spokesperson.

MSNBC owner Comcast has lobbied for the TPP. Last year, it fired host Ed Schultz, an outspoken opponent of the agreement.

A Media Matters study found that outside of Schultz’s show, the TPP was mentioned only twice on MSNBC during an 18-month period. Last year, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough admitted to The Intercept that his network was “guilty” of ignoring the TPP.

Top photo: Cancer patients and health professionals at a TPP protest in Washington, D.C. Many fear the agreement would make life-saving drugs unaffordable.

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zaid.jilani@​theintercept.com @ZaidJilani

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