Liberal Messages planted in Entertainment

There is a recent storm over the use of entertainment as a platform for expressly political speech, as discussed here in the NYT. Glenn Reynolds notes, "Unaccountable corporate money influencing politics?" Micheal Medved spent an hour on Friday on this subject, covering all of the Times examples.

I find myself unable to enjoy certain entertainments I did enjoy prior to 9-11 because the stakes have changed. When producers put these kinds of messages in their program I am very likely to turn off the show and not return. I'm not sure whether they are trying to get the word out or whether they think we all agree with them, but I get enough of this nonsense in real life and need not get worked up when winding down with entertainment. Since I watch so little television, this mostly applies to music and movies, but the point remains.