They have the nerve to say that the writers are being unreasonable, etc., yet they don’t actually give reasons for it. The AMPTP members are the freaking kings of spin! They are very careful not to tell us anything we don’t already know, and more importantly, they seem to be lying as well as exaggerating the writers’ position/actions. I’m sure the writers didn’t “refuse” anything that they couldn’t/shouldn’t rightly refuse. They aren’t being unreasonable. They want what’s owed, and these AMPTP jerks are the ones being unreasonable. Who are they to air shows, whether online or in repeats, and not pay the people who are responsible for writing the shows in the first place? Without the writers, these people wouldn’t have their jobs in the first place, or at least they would not be nearly as successful.

GRR! There’s just so much to say. I’m so angry at this letter, and the AMPTP in general. But I won’t waste any more of MY time beating a dead horse. We all know the AMPTP members are being !@#holes, and we can leave it at that!

They write these things as if no one’s’s paying attention. Somehow unbeknownst to them people ARE paying attention. The public as well as the Industry. We’ve all seen how these events unfolded day by day so when they try to convince us of their altruistic intentions it’s laughable.

The emperor has no clothes. Quick! Somebody get them a mirror.

This little missive wherein they state over and over how much this whole thing is costing all the little people, the “working” people (as if Les Moonves et. al identifies with the simple working folk) is just…pathetic.

The moguls use the words “working” and “workers” repetitively in this statement, perhaps because this bizarre concept of “work” is so exotic and foreign to them. After all, each of the 8 CEO’s has enormous, pre-negotiated exit packages that actually create an incentive for not working, and failing. Based on Les Moonves’ new deal, I am sure that the combined exit packages of these 8 geniuses would pay for anything the WGA is demanding.

I admit however that it’s a tough call which is a more tempting purchase, the firing of these 8 men, or the compensation of all of the “working” writers in Hollywood.

And then I go on their shiny stainless steel new website where the poor AMPTP (obviously struggling with having no writing talent at their disposal) has replaced their sidebar that previously stated, “The average working writer makes more than a surgeon!” with the new and improved, “The average working writer makes more than an family doctor.”

Yes, you read that correctly, more than AN family doctor.

Oh stop it. Now I feel sorry for you AMPTP and your third grade grammar skills. Now I want to petition Congress to pass legistlation entitled, “No AMPTP mogul left behind.”

Their parody tribute to our parents’ and grandparents’ generation must have cost nothing, which is what it accomplished. Imagine if the bigs had access to real writers, though.

Unbelievable…

Wow, that’s really interesting, IATSE MEMBER, because some shills claiming to be from IATSE have come on here complaining about how unconscionable it is that we’re getting money from the strike fund while we’re, um, on strike. I couldn’t understand what in the world they were talking about because I just assumed every union on the face of the Earth has a strike fund. And isn’t the point of a strike fund to provide relief during a strike? Damn, Tom Short should be worrying about helping you guys out instead of playing kissy face with Les Moonves.

When will they ever learn…

Someone should teach Nick and his Greedy, Scroogy Bully Cronies what most preschoolers in the world have already learned…

“If you want to play fairly, you must learn to share with others”.

the only thread they’re hanging from is hoping you will pressure wga into caving

that will not happen - and you lose too if wga caves

meanwhle, while you struggle to pay your mortgages, AMPTP is off on luxury vacations, drinking champagne, laughing their old fat butts off at the absolute power they wield

wga remains here ready to negotiate, on the cold picket line, and struggling to pay bills like you

jan

He’s just not being a gentleman. He’s not treating her like a LADY. And that’s why the AMPTP clutched her purse and fled from the gym.

If you’re going to stonewall — i.e. refuse to negotiate — then shuddup about it. That’s what a stone wall typically does — it sits there and waits.

It doesn’t toss plaintive little notes to anybody who might be passing by.

Have some dignity guys.

Like hell they care! Not!

It is a damned shame that IATSE does not have the backbone of the WGA to actually put up a fight for its members. The rollbacks continue unabated, and more will be agreed to until the spineless Short is deposed.