Another public relations attempt by the MPTF looks like it is crashing and burning at this very moment.

Hawk Kock, the dapper yet grizzled self-appointed spokesperson for the fund, has taken to YouTube to broadcast yet more of its message of doom.

This 'tour de farce' that is making the rounds of the various unions and guilds now comes to you over your own computer.

Last week, we received word that the Teamsters have joined SAG in standing up against the closure of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Long Term Care facility. Our momentum in ramping up the heat is moving faster than the spinning dial on my bathroom scale.     Still, in the afterglow of this momentous development, I was surfing the IATSE website and came across a document that the MPTF is trying to put over entitled "Setting the Record Straight."