The answer I saw regarding Jon Stewart was in response to the same question comparing Jon and Bill Maher with his recent announcement. That was that Jon Stewart was not a member of the WGA during the last strike and continued without his writers to keep the non-union workers getting a paycheck.
If true, it doesn’t necessarily make it ok, but it also doesn’t hurt that Jon Stewart seems likable and didn’t staunchly defend his decision, in fact indicating it was very much a struggle for him to make it.
Conan is a WGA member that ran his show during the last writer’s strike. At the end of the day I think your second point is the most important, Jon Stewart and Conan are likable, Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher aren’t. Either way it’s a double standard that I think is valid to bring up.
The answer I saw regarding Jon Stewart was in response to the same question comparing Jon and Bill Maher with his recent announcement. That was that Jon Stewart was not a member of the WGA during the last strike and continued without his writers to keep the non-union workers getting a paycheck.
If true, it doesn’t necessarily make it ok, but it also doesn’t hurt that Jon Stewart seems likable and didn’t staunchly defend his decision, in fact indicating it was very much a struggle for him to make it.
Conan is a WGA member that ran his show during the last writer’s strike. At the end of the day I think your second point is the most important, Jon Stewart and Conan are likable, Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher aren’t. Either way it’s a double standard that I think is valid to bring up.