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Not true. If you've got some time to kill, read this thread on The Fanfiction Forum; long story short, a guy who's quite possibly psychopathic writes a story wherein Naruto is turned into a self-centered, hypocritical bastard who happily mindrapes every woman around him, and the people on the forum spend 60-odd pages lambasting him.
People are a lot more willing to criticize the morality of the story if they didn't find the story itself to be competently written. Notice the amount of social criticism that's been leveled at Twilight.
Seems to work the other way if the story's written to convince people of a moral point, though.
I.e., agree with the morals -> don't notice the bad writing?
Agree with the morals -> enjoy reading crude stereotypes of your moral opponents. Get enough enjoyment from that and the story's a net positive even if it has no other redeeming qualities.
I think proximity also matters. There are no modern romantic heroes, but there are modern heartthrobs with questionable gender politics.