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WGA Members Letter Blasts Trump ‘Authoritarian Assault’ on Free Speech

WGA Members Letter Blasts Trump ‘Authoritarian Assault’ on Free Speech

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America have signed an open letter decrying recent actions taken by President Trump and his administration that they say represent “an unprecedented, authoritarian assault.” The WGA East and WGA West union members signing the letter include Spike Lee, Adam McKay, Ilana Glazer, Mike Schur, Liz Merriwether and Tony Gilroy. The letter …

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More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump ‘Threats to the Free Press’

More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump ‘Threats to the Free Press’

More than 2,300 Writers Guild of America members on Tuesday blasted what they called “escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration” in an open letter whose signatories include Tony Gilroy, Spike Lee, David Simon, Adam McKay and more. The consortium includes “screenwriters, television writers and journalists” who say they face an “unprecedented, authoritarian assault” in the wake of …

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