{"id":1928615,"date":"2023-05-11T03:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/without-the-writers-were-nothing-criminal-minds-alum-joins-writers-guild-picket-line-with-blistering-rant\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T03:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T07:13:44","slug":"without-the-writers-were-nothing-criminal-minds-alum-joins-writers-guild-picket-line-with-blistering-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/without-the-writers-were-nothing-criminal-minds-alum-joins-writers-guild-picket-line-with-blistering-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Criminal Minds&#8217; actor joins writers&#8217; picket line, declares writers as essential."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwithout-the-writers-were-nothing-criminal-minds-alum-joins-writers-guild-picket-line-with-blistering-rant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221; Actor Mandy Patinkin Joins Hollywood Writers Strike<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, former &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221; actor Mandy Patinkin joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-teachers-union-votes-to-resist-a-premature-return-to-school-sites\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Teachers Union Votes \u2018To Resist A Premature\u2019 Return To School Sites\">picket line<\/a> in support of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since May 2. Patinkin picked up a sign and joined the protest on behalf of the writers, shouting in a video, &#8220;Without writers we have nothing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Strike?<\/h3>\n<p>The strike is a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-ron-wyden-blocks-uyghur-slave-labor-bill-over-child-tax-credit\/\" title=\"Sen. Ron Wyden Blocks Uyghur Slave Labor Bill Over Child Tax Credit\">failed negotiations<\/a> with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The writers are asking for fairness, as they provide the storylines, jokes, and dialogue that make actors and directors look good. The strike has already begun to cripple the industry as work on most shows has come to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenflation-thanksgiving-dinner-costs-hit-record-high-up-14-from-last-year\/\" title=\"Bidenflation: Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Hit Record High, Up 14% From Last Year\">abrupt halt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Actors Join in Solidarity<\/h3>\n<p>Patinkin is not the only actor to join in acts of solidarity with the striking writers. Comedian Jay Leno delivered donuts to writers on the picket lines in the strike&#8217;s early days, while Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers have put up some of their own cash to help pay staffers while their shows are shut down.<\/p>\n<h3>Patinkin&#8217;s Message<\/h3>\n<p>Patinkin&#8217;s message to the industry is clear: &#8220;Make sure you take care of people! You guys get millions and millions of dollars \u2014 for God&#8217;s sake, without the writers, we&#8217;re nothing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writers provide the storylines, jokes, and dialogue that make actors and directors look good.<\/li>\n<li>They create the stories that make our hearts beat.<\/li>\n<li>Help out now!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patinkin&#8217;s message is a reminder that writers are the backbone of the entertainment industry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/without-the-writers-were-nothing-criminal-minds-alum-joins-writers-guild-picket-line-with-blistering-rant\/\" title=\"'Criminal Minds' actor joins writers' picket line, declares writers as essential.\">deserve fair compensation<\/a> for their work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-criminal-minds-actor-mandy-patinkin-joins-hollywood-writers-strike\">Click here<\/a> to get the Daily Wire app and stay up-to-date on the Hollywood writers strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u201cCriminal Minds\u201d actor Mandy Patinkin jumped into the picket line on Wednesday amid the ongoing Hollywood writers strike. Patinkin picked up a sign and joined the protest on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since May 2 over failed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1928616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6107,3977,4468,13221,4454,4051,9166,13906,16657],"class_list":["post-1928615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-actor","tag-criminal","tag-declares","tag-essential","tag-joins","tag-line","tag-minds","tag-picket","tag-writers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}