Comments on: Who Do You Like In the Management/Labor Game? http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/16/who-do-you-like-in-the-managementlabor-game/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:09:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/16/who-do-you-like-in-the-managementlabor-game/#comment-135155 Skot Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:30:47 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/16/who-do-you-like-in-the-managementlabor-game/#comment-135155 Then there is what was brought up in Slate yesterday, an interesting article about how and why the press is siding with the WGA. What do a lot of journalists do for a living? They write. How did many screenwriting gods get their start? Being journalists. And what do a lot of journalists keep in their top drawer? Their screenplays. We're in the honeymoon phase of this strike. Wait 'til enough craftsmen and teamsters get laid off. Wait 'til all TV turns to s*** and reruns. Those poll numbers will change. Of course, they might not have to lose numbers: If IATSE, SAG or the DGA get pinched enough to change sides, anything goes. Then there is what was brought up in Slate yesterday, an interesting article about how and why the press is siding with the WGA. What do a lot of journalists do for a living? They write. How did many screenwriting gods get their start? Being journalists. And what do a lot of journalists keep in their top drawer? Their screenplays.

We’re in the honeymoon phase of this strike. Wait ’til enough craftsmen and teamsters get laid off. Wait ’til all TV turns to s*** and reruns. Those poll numbers will change. Of course, they might not have to lose numbers: If IATSE, SAG or the DGA get pinched enough to change sides, anything goes.

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