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Thousands Of Writers Sign WGA Open Letter Slamming Trump’s “Unprecedented, Authoritarian Assault” On Free Press

UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – More than 2,300 Writers Guild members condemn President Trump’s repeated lawsuits and Congressional attempts to defund public broadcasting as an authoritarian attack on free press.

  • More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America signed an open letter criticizing President Trump’s actions, claiming they represent an unprecedented, authoritarian assault on the free press.
  • The letter highlights Trump's baseless lawsuits and specific retaliations against publications for factual reporting.
  • The Writers Guild of America accuses Congressional Republicans of collaborating with Trump's administration to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to silence PBS and NPR.
  • The WGA urges elected representatives and industry leaders to resist these alleged attacks on independent media and the First Amendment.
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The Writer’s Guild of America brings together in the United States the two most important coastal trade unions representing writers and screenwriters of film, radio, television and digital media. The powerful trade union organization demonstrated its strength just two years ago in the five-month strike that paralysed the industry in 2023. On Tuesday, Writer’s Guild again raised its voice, on this occasion against the attacks that are taking plac…

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