WGA Rips Joan Rivers for 'Derisive and Crude Comments' on Fashion Police Writers

The guild issues an angry statement after Rivers refers to "these poor shmuck writers" and comes out in favor of E!'s position that a union election precede any bargaining with the writers. The Writers Guild reacted with outrage Thursday to comments by Joan Rivers that appear to disparage striking writers on the E! show Fashion Police and to represent a turnabout from a supportive position Rivers agreed to as part of a settlement of charges against her six weeks ago. As earlier reported, Rivers...