As far as I am aware Nathan Varni, who has a job much bigger than just GH, doesn't seem to have a history of lying, and ignoring, the way the direct GH showrunners do. He has nothing to really gain by saying that the writers have been instructed to work on a Laura centric story worthy of Genie, or acknowleding that they dropped the ball by keeping her in the background.
I also just don't think Genie would be tweeting Frank, and Nathan tweeting Genie, if something wasn't in the process of going down.
Does that mean Genie will get another long contract? No idea. I know Genie hasn't worked recurring before, but perhaps she's willing to now? I have no clue.
I do think the backlash has been fierce, and finally have a network exec acknowleding that they're aware. I think the outrage has been working and that there is hope. And the fight should continue.
This just does not feel at all to me like the long, awful Guza/Frons/JFP years. Never once did ANY of those people, even once, speak publicly about Genie deserving a strong, Laura centric storyline worthy of her talents.
Hell those bastards didn't even offer recurring, as far as we know.