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Question: I'm sure you don't have time to watch
Entertainment Tonight regularly, but has there been a change of management there lately? It's usually 100 percent fluff, but the Aug. 14 edition featured a liberal-bashing film beating up Michael Moore (starring Bill O'Reilly, Jon Voight and Kelsey Grammer, some of the few Hollywood Republicans), then a campaign rally song by Big and Rich, an interview with Elizabeth Hasselbeck, then another attack on John Edwards by his mistress' sister. The next day's show featured an implication that Hillary Clinton was still running for president and two celebs at a party: Rob Lowe sitting on the fence and Robert Davi supporting McCain. This seems like a lot of pro-GOP stories for an entertainment show. Is
ET pushing a political agenda nowadays?
Answer: No change of management as far as I know, and it doesn't surprise me that the show is finding as many celebrity angles as possible on the most buzzed-about presidential election in years. The fact that you saw a few episodes that seemed McCain/GOP-centric may have been an attempt to provide some balance, because I would imagine most of the Hollywood stars you'd come across would be supporting Obama. But I wouldn't expect any of the entertainment shows to ignore the political arena, especially with the parties' nominating conventions on the immediate horizon the next two weeks.
