BREAKING — In a sign that the strike really IS over, writer Matt Price announced today that he is lifting his media blackout. It’s been a long 3 months, and this news has got to come as a great relief to fans of both Matt Price and the Matt Price Media Blackout (though I’m not sure what that latter group expected).

Matt Price blacks out
[Price to blackout: Booo!]

Here’s a statement from Mr. Price:

Dear Media,

Hey there. What’s going on? I can exchange pleasantries with you now because as you may know, I am ending my media boycott which began on December 3, 2007. My self-imposed media boycott started because of your extremely poor and oft-times one sided coverage of the writers’ strike. You were in a difficult position as you are essentially owned by the very people who we, the strikers, were striking against. But still, your efforts to be impartial were lackluster at best. As I stated in my explanation via Adam Felber’s blog, you were much more likely to report on a story about a singing cat than you were about the strike, a labor walk-out that affected tens of thousands of Los Angelenos and cost billions of dollars to the struggling California economy. Having said that, a singing cat is a fascinating story and should be covered. I acknowledged this as well. I mean, who wouldn’t want a singing cat? That’s a headlining act in Vegas if you ask me. But all I wanted was equal time for the writers who needed your support, and you refused. And thus, the boycott was implemented.

However, the boycott is now over, and I am free for your interviews, feature stories and simple queries about myself and my take on the world. I know that this must come as a relief to you (the media) because pre-strike, you were always hounding me about the goings-on not only in my life, but in Hollywood and in the planet in which I live (Earth). Well, media, now we are friends again, and the queries may start up in earnest. Do we have some work to do on our relationship, media? Of course we do. Baby steps may be needed because frankly, I still have some resentment about how you treated me during the strike. Who wouldn’t? You can’t ignore your girlfriend all night at a party and just come home and expect her to make out with you. And yes, in that scenario, I am the girlfriend and you’re ignoring me. I can make analogies like this because a) I’ve grown a lot during the strike, and b) I’m comfortable with my sexuality. And I’m not saying that we’re dating. No, no, no…I’m married, and I know that you see a lot of people. It isn’t like that, media.

My point is that the boycott is over, and I would like to consider that dark time water under the silent bridge. Let’s move on and get back to what we do best - you interviewing me all of the time about everything. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover.

Yours in perpetuity,
Matt

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Well, there you have it - an end to a devastating boycott that was so deeply woven into our lives that many of us didn’t know it was happening at all. My congratulations to Mr. Price and the media for finding a way through this.