Beckel on Dole

* Robert G. Beckel misses the point by the proverbial country mile in his Aug. 4 Opinion article on Bob Dole and Hollywood. Mean or conciliatory, it doesn’t matter what Dole thinks of Hollywood. No one with an IQ in triple digits is paying attention. We all know they’re fake attitudes anyway.

But more importantly, the entertainment media and their close allies in the Internet-technology industries have rendered politicians nearly obsolete, perhaps as long as a decade ago. We are now beginning to see this in the extreme public ennui with the present election. Who cares whether it’s Clinton or Dole? Spielberg and Gates have already won.

ROGER L. SIMON

Los Angeles