spoon, ceo of pop viewers and msnbc entertainment writer. so good to see you. thank you, joy. it s so great to see you in person. that s a new thing. let s talk about this, because i feel like, yvette nicole brown was on with us last night. she made a great point. people perceive that all of the actors are like her, somebody famous that you know, but most actors aren t. they re working class, as you heard in the clips. how long can they hold out? not the yvette nicole browns of the world but the average actor. i talked to my friend, an acclaimed director. most actors are really free-lancers and writers too. they live and get cast on a show. they have a few months they re working. in between, they re kind of living off the residuals, off the savings. that s why the residuals piece is so important. when you re doing a streaming deal, you don t get the same residuals you got when you were doing network deals. that s why the nanny, fran
not free lancers, nor are chinese pilots, as we saw with that close encounter last week. this happened with the approval from the very top in china. and this is part of a broader strategy by the chinese military to challenge u.s. military operations in the region. both in the south china sea, where we saw, for instance, that u.s. reconnaissance flight harassed a number of days ago, but also here in the taiwan straight. the u.s. does these operations on purpose to show that these are international waters, that the u.s. views them as international waters, and reserves its right to fly and sail through international waters. of course, the taiwan straight takes on special importance, because it s right between china and taiwan. and china has been raising the threat of the possibility of taking taiwan by force, which of course the u.s. opposes, and again, these naval operations there by u.s. ships, these crossings of the taiwan strait
before us. parts of the world like ukraine, it would be true black holes. a lot of groups won t send their staffers in. so often it s free-lancers who do this work. evan was there because he knew how dangerous it was getting but thought that russia would consider him immune because he was a staff journalist with the wall street journal. so this is a huge affront on our country by russia. very concerning. because normally, countries like russia will have some respect for journalists in country. so it is very concerning on all fronts. absolutely. all right. diane foley, we appreciate your time very much. all the best to you and thanks so much for what you do. thank you. we appreciate it.