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WGA Strike: The Sequel

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood writers go on strike, imperiling productions and local economies. The Biden administration takes a page out of Trump’s immigration playbook. Congress examines whether it can, or should, impose ethics rules on the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Renault

0:30.5

It's Wednesday, May 3rd, and I feel like I've read this script before.

0:34.0

We start here.

0:37.0

Hey, the story!

0:38.0

Our story!

0:39.0

15 years after shutting down Hollywood, writers once again go on strike.

0:44.0

The middle class of writing is dying, and that's what I feel like we're most advocating for.

0:48.0

But the modern plot line has these union members feeling more like gig workers.

0:53.0

President Biden dispatched troops to the southern border.

0:56.0

You have migrants surging over thousands of them at one time.

0:59.0

Where are they going to go?

1:00.0

Is this policy just Trump 2.0?

1:02.0

And the Supreme Court is used to having the final say.

1:05.0

The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards.

1:09.0

Now, Congress ways whether it could or even should rein in the justices.

1:14.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

1:18.0

I'm Brad Milky.

1:27.0

Keep a long way to describe film as a director's medium.

1:31.0

Like it's a team effort, the whole project takes its cue from a director.

1:34.0

TV though is a writer's medium.

1:36.0

Every scripted show you watch has a showrunner and a team of writers constantly scripting out the next beats.

1:41.0

Directors almost become interchangeable.

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