Politicians Don't Also Say What They Think # 56,780: The TPP

Why is it so hard for reporters to simply tell us what people say instead of what they think? I'm sure many of these reporters are very insightful, but the reality is they do not know what people think, it is just their speculation.

Therefore, when a Washington Post article on the prospects in Congress for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) told readers:

"Obama has said the pact is central to his economic agenda, but it is also viewed inside the administration as an important foreign policy...