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Writer's Strike In Simple Terms

This little vid was done on the picket line with Daily Show writer Jason Ross as he explains the current writer's strike so everyone can understand.

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Wittman45 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Wittman45

42 votes NegativePositive

723 days 1 hour ago...

Was that John Oliver at the end?

velocity73R : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

velocity73R

49 votes NegativePositive

722 days 23 hours ago...

The CEO`s and high ranking people in these companies love to instill in their employees a sense of working for, `The Company Good.` And by doing this they ask them to work overtime without extra pay, go long periods without raises, and only take meager benefits`. And for the most part the Employees usually oblidge, thinking if they did not the Company may suffer. However, the CEO`s and the board of Directors who instill this Bullshit are the first to have massive salaries, as well as, extravagent `Expense Accounts`, and may only have a short time in with the Company, but when they leave due to incompetence or retirement, their payouts are, "HUGE.". And the lonely employee who has given his, `Heart and Soul`, to the Company for many years, will be lucky to get a pitence when they leave. It`s Bullshit, but probably will not change any time soon...

lostperson : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

lostperson

43 votes NegativePositive

722 days 23 hours ago...

they are right they should be getting PAY i mean if actors get paid thousands of dollars just for acting... while acting out a scene that has been handed out to them to read...then i believe the Writer`s should be getting paid more than the actors
or thats just me

tones_420 : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

tones_420

22 votes NegativePositive

722 days 23 hours ago...

herpes in their nasal passages

turkman1412 : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

turkman1412

19 votes NegativePositive

722 days 22 hours ago...

"It`s not about the money" - Who are you kidding, it`s always about the money.

waynebrady : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

waynebrady

13 votes NegativePositive

722 days 22 hours ago...

"Was that John Oliver at the end?" \
yes he writes for the show in addition to his on screen roles

btw what movie were those wormy things in the beginning of this from?

potted_meat : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

potted_meat

3 votes NegativePositive

722 days 14 hours ago...

fight the power and damn the man !!!!

PizzaBoi : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

PizzaBoi

11 votes NegativePositive

722 days 12 hours ago...

^^ King Kong I believe.

Cannon : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

Cannon

2 votes NegativePositive

722 days 12 hours ago...

The Worm is from the movie Deep Rising, King Kong?! were you watching the Porno version? I`ve heard of "drain the snake" but thats ridiculous

"King Shlong". Ok if anyone makes money from that idea i want 50%

wrightypro : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

wrightypro

5 votes NegativePositive

722 days 11 hours ago...

Give the writers what they deserve, without them there would be no shows. Although I spose it`s like most industries really the person who does all the work gets shit all for his trouble and some lazy company head rakes in all the money. Hopefully it won`t be much longer till it actually hits the media companies that they have nothing left to broadcast but sports and repeats.

nineclicks : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

nineclicks

8 votes NegativePositive

722 days 10 hours ago...

what about all the hundreds of other people that work on each show? do the writers think they should get a slice? i mean, there are people working on the set, props, the actual audio and video itself. seems like thats just as important and deserving of pay for usage.

i hate it when people take the "be fair" stance when really all their thinking is "be fair to me"

let the downvotes commence.

DeezNutz : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

DeezNutz

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722 days 9 hours ago...

You mean the daily show has writers? Gosh, I didn`t think it took a whole team of people in order to make up news or make Jon Stewart stumble through lame jokes.

JCinjapan : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

JCinjapan

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722 days 8 hours ago...

This clip proves why writers shoudl be writing and not acting!!

jarcaf : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

jarcaf

3 votes NegativePositive

722 days 8 hours ago...

well i agree with you nineclicks, but you can`t blame the writer`s union for not supporting camera-men, stage hands, etc... i think if they feel like they need that money, then they should be doing the same. (they probably will, but scripts have a tendency to stockpile, so for now at least some of them are still working)

alblanco00 : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

alblanco00

4 votes NegativePositive

722 days 8 hours ago...

No body gets it, If the writers want the full profit from their work they have to start their own production companies and adopt the full risk of same. It doesn`t sound all that hard; every rap-star and a fair share of actors have their own production companies. They want the best of both world, the safety of a salaried job and the income of an investor without the risk! Its not the producers who are using the writers, its the writers who are tying to use the producers to shelter themselves risk typically associated with. The problem is not insofar as the production companies are behaving in a capitalist fashion, it is in what respect that they behave in an anti-capitalist manner. Price-fixing and other collutions are well documented and if these were addressed, the market would do the rest.

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