There’s also the other side of the “mini me” public image that Hollywood celebs create, in that they do it not just to feel good about themselves, but they do it because they know that in dealing with the big media outlets, those are the things they want to hear from the stars. So it’s good PR to have a world outlook that’s simpatico with the key reporters, editors and other news execs who cover you, or else you’re going to have a lot harder time getting good press when you’re involved with a bad project — no benefit of the doubt for an openly conservative actor/actress who stars or produces 2-3 turkeys in a row as there are for so many on the left these days.
(The next question should be why so many at the big media outlets have political views that are mirror images of Hollywood. Part of it is the same reason — especially in TV, it’s cutthroat getting to the top. But part of it is also a mindset that goes back at least to pre-Great Society and even back to the pre-New Deal era, in that in a time where government was only responsible for roads, the military and delivering the mail, it was the press’ main duty to report on wrongdoing that affected the public, which mostly came from the private sector. The fact that big government programs can be just as injurious to the public as anything from the private sector has never entered their collective mindset, even if big government has been around for the past 40-75 years.)
