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The same reason it is noteworthy to know who the NRA supports if gun rights is an important issue to you. No, there is nothing that makes them inherently more important but they have invested a lot of time into an issue and you may be willing to view them as a proxy.
Angelina Jolie, as much as one might instinctively want to dismiss the thought, has put in more than a PR level of effort into the topic. So yes, if she has a view on which candidate will be better for refugee issues I wouldn't mind hearing it. Same as with Bono on third world debt, Michael J. Fox on stem cell research, etc.
Now, is it unfair that the press would rather share her view than that of Dr. J.P. Nobody in the Department of Public Policy at BFE Junior College? Absolutely. But in the same way that it is unfair that the news will cover the NRA endorsements much more than the views of Dr. Nobody.
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