WGA - another take...

The news this weekend is that the Writers Guild (WGA) will sit down with the producers for the first time since the strike began two weeks ago on November 26... BUT, another take on this strike was blogged on the Huffington Post. Admittedly, I don't spend a lot of time on the Huffington Post, but I occasionally check for something new by Harry Shearer -- just another example that our comedic figures have emerged as a new journalism. And really, that is the point of Steve Young... it might be a little far-fetched, but he has a point that this strike is silencing a faction of our entertainment in which people get their news from... and while you might call it sad, what does it really say about our current state of "real" journalism?

And while some may argue that the writers are paid well enough and are already millionaires, etc... bear in mind that those are the high profile members of the WGA that you see in the media--they are not the average Guild member. And think about direct-to-video sales, those who might sell one script a year, and Internet or new media only shows. In this case, I have to support the writers.