Primetime Propaganda

by Shapiro, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780061934773
• ISBN10: 0061934771
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-31
• Publisher: Broadside Books

Summary

The inside story of how the most powerful medium of mass communication in human history has become a propaganda tool for the Left Primetime Propaganda is the story-told in their own words-of how television has been used over the past sixty years by Hollywood writers, producers, actors, and executives to promote their liberal ideals, to push the envelope on social and political issues, and to shape America in their own leftist image. In this thoroughly researched and detailed history of the television industry, conservative columnist and author Ben Shapiro argues that left-leaning entertainment kingpins in Los Angeles and New York have leveraged-and continue to use-their positions and power to push liberal messages and promote the Democratic Party while actively discriminating against their opponents on the right. According to Shapiro, television isn't just about entertainment-it's an attempt to convince Americans that the social, economic, and foreign policy shaped by leftism is morally righteous. But don't take his word for it. Shapiro interviewed more than one hundred of the industry's biggest players, including Larry Gelbart ( M*A*S*H), Fred Silverman (former president of ABC Entertainment, NBC, and vice president of programming at CBS), Marta Kauffman ( Friends), David Shore ( House), and Mark Burnett ( Survivor). Many of these insiders boast that not only is Hollywood biased against conservatives, but that many of the shows being broadcast have secret political messages. With this groundbreaking exposÉ, readers will never watch television the same way again.

Table of Contents

Prologue: How Conservatives Lost the Television War	p. ix
Introduction: The Political Perversion of Television	p. 1
The Secret Political History Of Television: How Television Became Liberal	p. 17
The Clique: How Television Stays Liberal	p. 55
A Spoonful Of Sugar: How Television Comedy Trashes Conservatism	p. 86
Making The Right Cry: How Television Drama Glorifies Liberalism	p. 161
"Shut Up And Change The Channel": How the Left Uses the Market Myth to Silence Its Critics	p. 224
The Celluloid Triangle: How Interest Groups, Government, and Hollywood Conspire to Keep TV Left	p. 257
The Government-Hollywood Complex: How Hollywood Became the Federal Government's PR Firm	p. 282
Robbing The Cradle: How Television Liberals Recruit Kids	p. 313
The End Of Television? How to Fix TV	p. 334
Appendix: The Best Conservative Shows in Television History	p. 349
Acknowledments	p. 357
Notes	p. 361
Index	p. 385
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