Hollywood Left

Hollywood Left

The Hollywood Left is a pejorative term used to describe the politically active liberal or left-wing segment of the Hollywood-based entertainment industry.

Right-wing commentators have claimed the existence of a mailing list, developed during the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, that includes the names of left-wing actors, stars, and celebrities from Hollywood. The list is alleged to include Michael Moore, Jodie Foster, Meg Ryan, Drew Barrymore, Danny DeVito, Ellen DeGeneres, Matthew Perry, Billy Crystal, Sharon Stone, Bill Maher, Martin Sheen and many others. The purported goal of the mailing list was to get George W. Bush out of office.Fact|date=March 2008

The phrase is also used more generally to refer to the supposed left-wing bias of the American entertainment industry.

ee also

*Hollywood blacklist
*Liberal elite
*Culture war
*Limousine liberal

External links

* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122468,00.html Partial transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor" of April 2, 2004, in which O'Reilly, a celebrity journalist, and a freelance Hollywood writer muse about the existence of the mailing list]


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