Popular screenwriter quits writers guild over failure to condemn Hamas attacks: 'Morally bankrupt wokeism'

CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press and Reuters said that they had no prior knowledge of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, after the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu seized on allegations that freelance photographers may have been embedded with the terrorist group.

Carol Vorderman has spoken out for the first time since she quit the BBC after a change to their social media guidelines.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst An entertainment-industry crowd turned out on Wednesday for the Los Angeles premiere of “Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre,” a controversial 47-minute documentary assembled by the Israeli Defense Forces. “Witness” features extremely graphic footage from the atrocities committed last month that claimed the lives of 1,400 Israelis and resulted in terrorist group Hamas taking 240 hostages. The images were culled from hundreds of hours of footage retrieved from terrorist body cams, security cameras, victims’ mobile phones and other sources.

Carol Vorderman has decided to leave her BBC radio show due to new social media guidelines.The former Countdown star, who's been hosting a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Wales for five years, said she's "not prepared to lose my voice" after the corporation introduced new rules. Carol has been quite outspoken about the Government on social media and has had several online spats with Tory MPs. In a statement, she said: "The BBC recently introduced new social media guidelines, which I respect.

The cancellation of BBC stalwart drama Doctors has had a huge impact on the UK’s TV community and the Writers Guild of Great Britiain (WGGB) has now launched a campaign to save the show.

K.J. Yossman Update: Kitty Laing is to step down as head of comedy at United Agents as well as her other leadership roles. The agency said in a statement: “Following the statements made earlier this week, it has been agreed that Kitty Laing will step away from her leadership roles as Head of Comedy and as a member of the Executive Committee of United Agents, effective immediately.

In the new film version of the popular video game, Five Nights At Freddy’s, it is the Jim Henson Creature Shop and their talented puppeteers and character actors who are the real stars of this Blumhouse take on the game that the under 25 male set particularly warmed up to since its debut in 2014. Whether they will be happy with this carefully constructed but safe PG13 movie that sacrifices hard-core horror for character development and that at times just drags along, time will tell.

K.J. Yossman The partners of transatlantic production company Fulwell 73 have released a statement condemning the “devastating terrorist attack against Israel” two weeks ago and expressing concern over how the conflict is being reported by the media.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Michael Eisen, a professor at UC Berkeley, said he was fired as the editor of eLife, a medical and life sciences academic journal, after he praised the “moral clarity” of an article about the Israel-Hamas war published by satirical website The Onion. “I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians,” Eisen posted on X (aka Twitter) on Monday. On Oct.

Ellise Shafer “Good Morning Britain” received 2,378 complaints on Oct. 17 after presenter Richard Madeley asked Member of Parliament Layla Moran, who has family living in Gaza, if there was “any word on the street” about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to U.K.

Longtime Writers Guild member Dan Gordon is resigning over the union’s lack of public support for Israel.

Mere minutes after some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and executives issued a letter condemning the terror attacks on Israel and the taking of hundreds of hostages, The WGA East has publicly joined the Guild’s West Coast leadership in deciding to stay silent on the murderous siege of the Jewish state two weeks ago.

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel (SGI) has slammed the WGA for its silence over the conflict raging in the nation.

K.J. Yossman The continued silence from the Writers Guild of America on the massacre perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists in Israel two weeks ago has sparked condemnation from its Israeli counterpart.

Steve Coogan has defended his decision to sign an open letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the current Israel-Hamas conflict, while also condemning the “horrific” Hamas attacks.Coogan was among over 2,000 names from the arts world who signed the letter. Tilda Swinton, Massive Attack‘s Robert Del Naja and Miriam Margoyles are also among the signees.The letter condemns various governments for “not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them” amid the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as well as “every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international law whoever perpetrates them”.Citing Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant’s depiction of Palestinians as “human animals”, the letter goes on to argue that Palestinians “have become people to whom almost anything can be done”.However, some have criticised the letter for not openly condemning the actions of Hamas, who reignited tensions between Israel and Palestine when it launched its biggest ever attack on Israel on October 7, killing over 1,000 people.In response, Israel imposed a “total siege” on Gaza, threatening to cut off electricity, fuel and supplies of food and water.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America’s silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they’ll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm.

Naman Ramachandran The touring production of “The Merchant of Venice 1936″ has been targeted by antisemites, its star revealed. Tracy-Ann Oberman, who has starred in “Doctor Who” and “Friday Night Dinner,” says the tour of the Shakespearean play has been forced to hire security guards in the wake of a surge of antisemitism prompted by the war between Hamas and Israel. “We’re on a 10-week tour and I’ve been moved beyond words at the reactions of audiences and critics.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Joel Fields, the showrunner of “The Americans,” blasted the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday for failing to issue a statement condemning the Hamas attack on Israel. “The Writers Guild has failed us deeply,” Fields said. “For an organization that constantly puts out statements to make sure that it’s on the right side of history, it has sadly issued its statements through its silence.” Fields was speaking on a panel at Variety’s Hollywood & Antisemitism Summit, presented by The Margaret & Daniel Loeb Foundation and Shine A Light.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A group of 22 Hollywood writers has penned an open letter calling out the Writers Guild of America for not issuing a statement condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America each issued statements last week condemning the attack.

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