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Will Labor Disputes Change the Face of Entertainment?
How did show business—the workplace where adults are supposed to have fun—get itself roiled in a bitter labor dispute that is crippling the industry? Guest host Lawrence O'Donnell explores the Writers Guild strike and how it might foreshadow other Hollywood labor disputes that could change the face of American entertainment in 2008. Also, response to the Bhutto assassination – from the streets of Pakistan to the US presidential campaign trail.
By Lawrence O'Donnell • • 1h 0m ListenHow did show business—the workplace where adults are supposed to have fun—get itself roiled in a bitter labor dispute that is crippling the industry? Guest host Lawrence O'Donnell explores the Writers Guild strike and how it might foreshadow other Hollywood labor disputes that could change the face of American entertainment in 2008. Also, protests and rioting in Pakistan as Benazir Bhutto is laid to rest, and with the Iowa Caucus less than a week away, how presidential candidates have reacted to the Bhutto assassination.
