COUNTERPUNCH LETTERS : Values Governing a Culture

Michaels criticizes Dan Quayle for talking to Murphy Brown “as if she’s a real person. She’s a character, Dan.” But it makes perfect sense to attack the fictional character. The views of a Diane English are unimportant until they make it onto the screen.

Michaels denies the existence of a Hollywood elite. But many in the media and in the arts do seem to believe that the American people are too prudish and that they desperately need to be shocked out of their stodgy old-fashioned values. They see themselves performing a public service. This elitist view is the basis for hostility toward the media.

RICHARD M. FREEMAN

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