TV Executives Admit in Taped Interviews That Hollywood Pushes a Liberal Agenda

[DominionSeraph]

Exodus 22
18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

 

[PokerGuy]

So the difference between the Libs and you and your ilk is only who they discriminate against.

No, I am consistently against discrimination. They say they are, but then fully support it when they agree with the goal. Just like AA, just like quotas etc.

 

[Axon]

 

[monovillage]

It's not surprising to see so many of the left leaning posters here shaking off the de facto blacklisting of Conservatives in Hollywood and the media, since it's their side of the political coin that gets the advantage and benefits from the big money being pulled in by this influence. They pay lip service to diversity, as long as it isn't diversity of ideas.

 

[Zebo]

Don't like it don't buy it, it's a free country.

I don't know about black listing. Conservatives are some of richest in hollywood, Arnold, Bruce, Mel etc. sounds fishy to me...like any business if conservative sells/profit they'll hire em.

 

[Zebo]

It makes sense tho hollywood is majority liberal tho. Part of producing art is empathy which many conservatives lack unfortunately.

 

[monovillage]

Yes, blacklisting
"The late Bruce Paltrow knew that Schultz was a fan of President Ronald Reagan. When Schultz showed up to audition for St. Elsewhere, a show Paltrow produced, to read for the part of Fiscus, Paltrow told him: "There's not going to be a Reagan asshole on this show!" The part went to Howie Mandel"

You prove the point when you can point to a relative handful of Hollywood Conservatives and name them. It's such a rare thing that it's news.

 

[HomerJS]

I'll reply to a couple of points...

In one video, Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman says that when she cast Candace Gingrich-Jones, half-sister of Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the minister of a lesbian wedding, “There was a bit of ‘fuck you’ in it to the right wing.”

I would be less worried about a form of entertainment casting as a FU to Newt as opposed to Ronald Reagan giving an FU to blacks in this country giving his first speech after being nominated in Philadelphia Mississippi.

Kauffman also acknowledges she “put together a staff of mostly liberal people,” which is another major point of Shapiro’s book: that conservatives aren’t welcome in Hollywood

That's a leap not born out by facts but as red meat to conservatives who want to propetuate a stereotype. Hollywood will welcome anyone who can make them money. The overwelming majority of people don't give a crap if makers of films are conservative or liberal, they just want good entertainment.

 

[CPA]

What a typical PJ thread - it has his trademark word 'interesting' for anything that attacks the left, and cherry picked data points for him to make generalizations.

Shocking revelations - a writer had content opposing the Vietnam war! How totally biased anti-Republican, everyone knows all Republicans are for the war!

An utter garbage bit of propaganda. Not a word about who is right on the issue (hint: there's a reason he doesn't want that to be discussed).

lol, you are too much. You bitch about right wing propaganda, but don't see the left's propaganda right in front of your eyes...every day...on your TV set.


BTW, while I didn't see it in this article Susan Harris has also stated that the Constitution should be torn up. Got to love the left.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

So the difference between the Libs and you and your ilk is only who they discriminate against.

Everyone discriminates. It's human nature. The difference is. Libs discriminate nd then tell you and themselves, it's not discrimination it's "Empowerment" The entire liberal political machine is based on discrimination. Keep giving handouts to minorities becaues they are to stupid to succeed on their own. That's the liberal mantra.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

lol, you are too much. You bitch about right wing propaganda, but don't see the left's propaganda right in front of your eyes...every day...on your TV set.


BTW, while I didn't see it in this article Susan Harris has also stated that the Constitution should be torn up. Got to love the left.

The left only likes Constitutional Rights when it's in favor of them. Otherwise, no one should have them. They trash the Tea Party for believing in Constitutional Rights and limits on government. The left is truely the party of the dim witted and near sighted. They think with emotion, not fact.

 

[soundforbjt]

The left only likes Constitutional Rights when it's in favor of them. Otherwise, no one should have them. They trash the Tea Party for believing in Constitutional Rights and limits on government. The left is truely the party of the dim witted and near sighted. They think with emotion, not fact.

Pot, meet kettle. :whiste:

 

[fskimospy]

Wait wait ... queue eskimospy and other silly libs to come argue that it's all a big lie, media is not liberal or biased at all! It's all a vast right wing conspiracy!

Oh, I already did that above you. Gotta read the thread, brotha.

 

[her209]

Wasn't Ronald Regan an actor? Isn't Ahhhnold a Republican? How about Fred Thompson? Hmmm...

 

[monovillage]

Yep, as long as conservatives stay in the closet, remain in the back of the bus, rest easy on the Reservation or keep to the kitchen then those on the left are perfectly fine with it. As long as the money and the benefits pile up for them they're happy as pigs in mud with their hypocrisy. If Paltrow had said There's not going to be a damn commie on this show.. every leftist in this forum would have been screaming blacklist, blacklist! McCarthyism! but as long as it's just conservatives then they're cool with it.

 

[theeedude]

More McCarthyism from the right.

 

[sandorski]

Yep, as long as conservatives stay in the closet, remain in the back of the bus, rest easy on the Reservation or keep to the kitchen then those on the left are perfectly fine with it. As long as the money and the benefits pile up for them they're happy as pigs in mud with their hypocrisy. If Paltrow had said There's not going to be a damn commie on this show.. every leftist in this forum would have been screaming blacklist, blacklist! McCarthyism! but as long as it's just conservatives then they're cool with it.

Comparing this to McCarthyism is ridiculous. All that's been shown is that some Hollywood muckymucks discriminate. McCarthyism was a well organized machine that went looking for people to bring to a Kangaroo Court.

 

[lupi]

Love this. Certain people keep trying to blame radio and fox as these great evil conservative bastions and when someone points out with detail exactly how big the other extreme controls the world of broadcast it's time to dismiss the findings and get defensive. Good stuff.

 

[theeedude]

Conservatives are not a protected class. They consistently fight for allowing discrimination against gays, but they are the first in line to scream about discrimination against themselves just because some creative talent in Hollywood doesn't share their views.

 

[etrigan420]

Love this. Certain people keep trying to blame radio and fox as these great evil conservative bastions and when someone points out with detail exactly how big the other extreme controls the world of broadcast it's time to dismiss the findings and get defensive. Good stuff.

Blame them for what?

The OP says that now there's *proof* Hollywood leans left, subsequent posts by others basically say "no shit sherlock".

It's like if I were to make a big deal about "someone admitted that talk radio leans right"...Really? We need some *admission* of this?

It's as nose as the plain on your face. Doesn't make it a big deal.

 

[zsdersw]

However, as it turns out, many liberals ... are in favor of changing the definition of marriage.

... again, you mean. The definition and meaning of marriage has changed a lot since civilization began. The reasons for those changes in the past were valid, so let's not pretend that changing it again is something unheard of.

 

[JSt0rm]

conservatives are victims of their own stupidity. Hollywood cares about money. Sure we care about the art on a certain level but if you follow the money up the line the most important thing to the people investing are 1. Be in a sexy industry and 2. make lots of fucking money. 3. make something cool.

Probably in that order.

 

[Zebo]

Yes, blacklisting
"The late Bruce Paltrow knew that Schultz was a fan of President Ronald Reagan. When Schultz showed up to audition for St. Elsewhere, a show Paltrow produced, to read for the part of Fiscus, Paltrow told him: "There's not going to be a Reagan asshole on this show!" The part went to Howie Mandel"

You prove the point when you can point to a relative handful of Hollywood Conservatives and name them. It's such a rare thing that it's news.

Well I'm not to up on popular culture...I can kill everyone in trivial pursuit but my pink pie goes unfilled and I lose to everyone....I'm sure there are more conservatives than those three... it's all about money. If you can entertain you'll be in.

 

[theeedude]

Sorry rightwingers, noone except you wants to watch Ted Nugent on TV.

 

[Bowfinger]

So Bowfinger, you are telling me that he found just a few people who happened to be liberals and everyone are conservative? Really???

Talk about being in denial.

No, that's not what I said at all. If that is truly your level of reading comprehension, it would explain why you're so disinformed about so very many things.