I’m not denying that the “soft power” of suggestion is a real thing; there’s more than one reason why they call the lectern of the President of the United States the “bully pulpit,” world leaders and the organizations they control ostensibly use certain pieces of media to work against the people they’re meant to serve all the time. To say that this is the overarching principle in Hollywood instead of the exception proving the rule seems like painting with too broad a brush to me.