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''Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV'' is a 2011 book by political commentator Ben Shapiro. In it he argues that producers, executives and writers in the entertainment industry are using television to promote a socialist political agenda. ==Content== As one part of the evidence, Shapiro presents statements from taped interviews made by celebrities and TV show creators from Hollywood whom he interviewed for the book. The book include quotes from, amongst others, the co-creator of ''Friends'', Marta Kauffman, and the creator of ''Soap'' and ''Golden Girls'', Susan Harris. Another argument is that conservatives are shunned in the industry. For example, Vin Di Bona, a producer responsible for a large number of hit television shows, agreed during an interview with Shapiro that Hollywood promotes a liberal political agenda, commenting, "I'm happy about it, actually." Di Bona also said that ''MacGyver'', the cult hit show on which he was a producer, promoted an anti-gun movement position, as the character of MacGyver does not use a gun, but rather his own intelligence. People involved with television shows ''M *A *S *H'' and ''Happy Days'' told Shapiro that the series had pacifistic and anti-Vietnam War agendas. Another example is the television show ''Sesame Street'' which is accused of deliberately spreading left-wing propaganda to children. Producer Leonard Goldberg stated to Shapiro that in the industry liberalism is "100 percent dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding, or not telling the truth," and when Shapiro asked if politics are a barrier to entry replied, "Absolutely." Producer and director Nicholas Meyer replied "Well, I hope so," when asked if conservatives are discriminated against, and stated regarding the 1983 made-for-TV film ''The Day After'' that, "My private, grandiose notion was that this movie would unseat Ronald Reagan when he ran for re-election." Executive Fred Silverman stated regarding TV comedy nowadays that "...there’s only one perspective, and it’s a very progressive perspective. And if you want the other perspective... well it's just not there right now." TV series ''COPS'' creator John Langley stated that he prefers showing segments where whites are the criminals because he fears that he would be promoting negative stereotypes.〔Paul Bond, TV Executives Admit in Taped Interviews That Hollywood Pushes a Liberal Agenda (Exclusive Video), 6/1/2011, The Hollywood Reporter, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-executives-admit-taped-interviews-193116〕 Shapiro states that he was "...shocked by the openness of the Hollywood crowd when it came to admitting anti-conservative discrimination inside the industry".〔 He argues that nepotism in Hollywood rarely is familial, but rather is ideological by friends hiring friends with the same ideological views:〔 "The same people who talk about tolerance and diversity have no tolerance for ideological diversity."〔 He also states: "...the liberal content we see on primetime television and in daytime soaps is typically hidden in plot and character...I go through probably 100 shows in detail in Primetime Propaganda – and virtually all of them are messaged, either blatantly or subtly."〔 Portions of some of the interviews which were released onto the internet to promote the book, particularly the Di Bona interview, caused the director and producer Lionel Chetwynd to resign from the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors. In an open letter, he wrote about the reaction of other members of the caucus to Republican Party politicians: "In preparing his book, Mr. Shapiro interviewed a large number of our Hollywood notables on the subject of diversity -- not the sacrosanct melange of race, religion, gender orientation and the like, but a more challenging diversity: that of opinion and policy. The vast majority felt quite comfortable endorsing discrimination against those whose political philosophy was not rooted in the reflexive Leftism of Hollywood," and "I knew most of my fellow members looked upon the political positions of these people as distasteful; what I now understand is the disgust was not for their views, but for their very person". Another argument by Shapiro is that Hollywood has overemphasized the importance of the 18-49 market for advertisers. Initially, as admitted by executives during the taped interviews, this view was promoted by ABC in the late 1960s since the network had poor ratings and needed to increase advertising revenue in some way.〔〔Switching TV to the Right, June 15, 2011, National Review Online, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269181/switching-tv-right-interview?pg=1〕 Shapiro argues that the situation may change quickly in future since new technologies, such content delivered by the Internet, may dramatically change the media landscape.〔Carol A. Taber, Primetime Propaganda, June 2, 2011, American Thinker, http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/primetime_propaganda.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Primetime Propaganda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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