Poll: Hollywood Doesn't Share Americans' Values

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -- A majority of Americans say Hollywood doesn't share their moral values, according to a poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League, a group that fights anti-Semitism.

Sixty-one percent of those surveyed said that religious values in America are "under attack," and 59% agreed that "the people who run the TV networks and the major movie studios do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans."

..."These findings point to the challenges that we face in dealing with issues of religion in society," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director. "The belief that religion is under attack underlies the drive to incorporate more religion into American public life. Disturbingly, 43% of Americans believe there is an organized campaign by Hollywood and the national media to weaken the influence of religious values in this country."

If Americans are truly troubled by Hollywood and the media attacking their values, then Americans should quit supporting the products that Hollywood is selling.

If Hollywood is, in fact, seen as hostile to one's religious and moral beliefs, why aren't more Americans rejecting Hollywood and the national media?

Apparently, they don't mind being attacked, they're gluttons for punishment, or they don't understand their power to influence the marketplace.