tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645893344411365515.post6388653763984502675..comments2008-03-12T17:51:44.397-07:00Comments on WGA strike hawk: STRIKE DAY 38Brooklyn scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703732864652763293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645893344411365515.post-86802900927780471372007-12-14T12:44:00.000-08:002007-12-14T12:44:00.000-08:00Hey triple7,Glad you liked my freshman blog effort...Hey triple7,<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked my freshman blog effort.<BR/><BR/>I'm also with you about the timing of the Freemantle rally. I do think it was an "unfortunate confluence of events" rather than a design on the part of our leadership. Last night I was watching local ABC channel 7 news at 11:00pm and they did a report on the strike and had extended interview segments with a spokesman from the AMPTP. When the report was all done the anchor said they had contacted the WGA to find someone from our side to interview but that no one had been available.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if it's just Disney/ABC manipulating the news for their own vertically-integrated "evil" self-interest or -- more likely -- our leadership dropping the ball. We have literally hundreds of members who could have done a decent job of giving a human face to our side and sticking to the key points of our argument. But the reality is -- In every game that lasts more than a few minutes -- balls get dropped. We have to be ready to accept that kind of thing, stick with the program and move on. I'm not saying we shouldn't point out the problems and try to correct them for the future -- of course we should -- but we shouldn't allow that sort of tactical error to influence our strategic goal.<BR/><BR/>See you on Monday... (if you walk at Warner Bros.)Brooklyn scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703732864652763293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645893344411365515.post-6603435844680161392007-12-14T01:45:00.000-08:002007-12-14T01:45:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link -- your post is right on the m...Thanks for the link -- your post is right on the money.<BR/><BR/>I think an unfortunate confluence of events gave the AMPTP's claims some credibility. In hindsight, the timing of the rally at Fremantle Media was a mistake. I would make the argument that the rally itself was a mistake, but it's really the only disagreement I've had with the leadership.<BR/><BR/>What the AMPTP uses to its advantage is this, I believe: when we're at the table with them, everyone (writers and execs) gets their hopes up for a deal. The AMPTP ends the talks, we are disappointed and emotionally vulnerable and start looking for someone to blame. They know this and exploit it with disinformation.<BR/><BR/>Which is...evil. I don't know if there's another word for it. Anyway, I think I just did a worse job of restating what you already wrote.Triple7https://www.blogger.com/profile/00673962893377787419noreply@blogger.com