It's the WGA versus American Idol

With the WGA Strike as ancient history, the guild is now pushing to have reality shows join its organization. In an effort to do this, the WGA is specifically targeting the show American Idol.

They're calling it the Truth Tour and it begins with a Wednesday morning press conference in front of WGA headquarters following by a set of fake auditions at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, where auditions are held for the actual American Idol. They call it "the version they don't want you to see".

It looks like despite their ratification of a new contract the guild is not going gently unto that good night regarding this issue. I say: good for them. Most "reality" shows are anything but and involve some degree of writing (even if it's given another name by the producers).

The WGA have also proven themselves to be master satirists (they are writers, y'know), so I'm sure their version of the "auditions" will be quite clever. I'm looking forward to seeing it eventually, probably on YouTube.