Like so many other surveys which find their way to a newspaper office, a recent poll by the Anti-Defamation League, — a group which fights anti-semitism — says that a majority of Americans think the Hollywood movie industry doesn’t share their moral values.

The poll said that 61 percent of those surveyed believe “that religious values in America are under attack.”

Another 59 percent think the executives who are in charge of TV networks — along with the major movie studios — do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans.

The poll was titled “American Attitudes on Religion, Moral Values and Hollywood,” and it was conducted by the Marttila Communications Group, which surveyed 1,000 adults nationwide. It was released Friday at the ADL’s annual meeting in Los Angeles.

My friend Mike McCarville posted the information about the poll on his blog, the McCarville Report Online.

And while I have no complaint that Mike or the ADL or anyone involved with the survey felt compelled to share the information with the public, I do find the results laughable.

Seriously, I think it’s pretty funny.

Why?

Because those same Americans — the ones who throw up their arms and whine about how “out of touch” the entertainment industry is with the rest of the world — have their butts plopped directly in front of the television.

Or, they’ll rush to the theater.

Sure, it’s one thing to complain about how “Hollywood” is trying to destroy the moral fiber of this country; it’s another to do it while watching the latest episode of Jerry Springer.

And that I find really funny.

According to Mike’s posting, ADL officials said the findings of the poll “point to the challenges that we face in dealing with issues of religion in society.”

The organization’s National Director, Abraham H. Foxman, said the “belief that religion is under attack underlies the drive to incorporate more religion into American public life.”

They can start right here in Oklahoma.