Leno's Success Prompts Union Writing Controversy

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:10:54 +0000

Jeff Poor

If you can’t win, just rewrite the rules. That might be the Writers Guild of America’s new motto.

Networks Ignore Business Side of Strike, Even Though They Are the Business

admin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:44:44 +0000

Jeff Poor

So much for the conspiracy theory that major media conglomerates intentionally distort newscasts toward big corporate interests – because they won’t even defend themselves.

This was evident in network coverage of the two-month-long Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, including recent decisions to go without a settlement and begin taping late-night shows anyway. Though television companies are losing millions, that business perspective didn’t show up in pro-union coverage.