Hollywood is out of step with American morals: Poll

LOS ANGELES" 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.”

The poll, titled “American Attitudes on Religion, Moral Values and Hollywood,” was conducted by the Marttila Communications Group, which surveyed 1,000 adults nationwide. It was released at the ADL’s meeting in Los Angeles.

“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 organised campaign by Hollywood and the national media to weaken the influence of religious values in this country.”

61% believe ‘religious values are under attack in US’

43% say media are waging a campaign to ‘weaken influence of religious values’

49%believe US is becoming ‘too tolerant in its acceptance of different ideas and lifestyles’