1.0 link 76994 <![CDATA[WGA Strike Primer: Understanding Misunderstanding]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/wga-strike-primer-underst_b_76994.html For all the flying rhetoric overhead, sometimes you have to wear safety goggles to see the obvious. Eventually that can lead to resolution.

So, first, the obvious:

The corporations of the AMPTP wanted a strike. It's hard not to acknowledge that. Their first offer cut residuals -- that was never serious, but just presenting it showed their hand. Their first straight offer was zero for everything Internet. Guaranteed to get a strike-authorization vote. And then they walked away from negotiating. Later,...

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