From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/entertainmenttoday/s-574565-265537
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Many Americans think the media have gone overboard
covering the death of pop singer Michael Jackson, a poll indicates.
The Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday showed nearly
two-thirds -- 64 percent -- of those asked said news organizations
gave Jackson's June 25 death too much coverage, 29 percent said
coverage was about right and 3 percent found too little coverage.
Half of the respondents said the media properly balanced reporting on
Jackson's musical contributions and his troubled personal life, with
26 percent saying coverage was slanted too much toward his legal
problems and 11 percent too much toward his music .
Thirty percent of respondents said they followed developments about
Jackson very closely, the Washington research center said.
African-Americans followed death of the black entertainer more closely
than whites -- 80 percent compared to 20 percent.
The weekly News Interest Index survey of about 1,000 people was
conducted by the center June 26-29. The margin of error is 3.5
percentage points.