70% Say Media Coverage of Michael Jackson's Death Was Too Much

[obama our lord]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/people/july_2009/70_say_media_coverage_of_michael_jackson_s_death_was_too_much

Seventy percent (70%) of Americans say the media paid too much attention to the death of music superstar Michael Jackson.



Just two percent (2%) say not enough attention was focused on Jackson's death, while 23% rate the media coverage as about the appropriate amount, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.



More men (77%) think the media coverage of Jackson's death was excessive than women (64%).



African-Americans are evenly divided between the coverage being too much or about right. For 76% of whites, there was too much coverage of the King of Pop's surprising death at age 50 and the subsequent memorial service in Los Angeles.

[KingRevolver]

What's your point? There's always too much coverage with any big story. The media beats the hell out of a story and squeezes as much as they can out of it. The media are scum. Plus, it's not surprising that the MJ story was huge. These networks are huge on mixing entertainment into their programming. They probably had an orgasm when they heard MJ died.

[oiler]

What's your point? There's always too much coverage with any big story. The media beats the hell out of a story and squeezes as much as they can out of it. The media are scum. Plus, it's not surprising that the MJ story was huge. These networks are huge on mixing entertainment into their programming. They probably had an orgasm when they heard MJ died.

my point is they spent all this time wosrhipping anidiot like him when our economy is in a world of hurt,or our troops need the recognition instead of tha fool.and the ironic thing about the michael jackson saga is that his own people killed his molesting ass

[KingRevolver]

my point is they spent all this time wosrhipping anidiot like him when our economy is in a world of hurt,or our troops need the recognition instead of tha fool.and the ironic thing about the michael jackson saga is that his own people killed his molesting ass

I already know that the media focuses too much on entertainment news. Why does OOL only care when they have too much coverage of people he dislikes? All of a sudden the media should divert back to their old ways?

The Media also made that whore Palin a celebrity. Why isn't he complaining about her?

Double standard.

That's the state of the media nowadays, folks. Come on. I wish it were different but it won't be...too many idiots out there that they want to cash in on. They have to mix entertainment into the news so that they stay tuned and watch the commercials.

[oiler]

I already know that the media focuses too much on entertainment news. Why does OOL only care when they have too much coverage of people he dislikes? All of a sudden the media should divert back to their old ways?

The Media also made that whore Palin a celebrity. Why isn't he complaining about her?

Double standard.

That's the state of the media nowadays, folks. Come on. I wish it were different but it won't be...too many idiots out there that they want to cash in on. They have to mix entertainment into the news so that they stay tuned and watch the commercials.

well i cant argue with that.the media wants the biggest story[not the bset interest story] and run wild with it until the public doesnt care any more.and it was such a disgrace that the black religious leaders got on stage and praised a child molester instead of doing whats right ,but thats how they think.if a black man is a celebrtiy they will ride hie coattails until the end

[MartinBlank]

Maybe I am crazy, but I seem to recall the media gave more attention to the Anna Nicole drama than Jackson dying.

Remember those televised courtroom proceedings? It was on a continuous news loop.

Jackson's death seemed to play out fast and furious.

[paco]

Gimme more Jackson!

[curious]

This is what upset me about this whole mess.

People who knew Jackson well said that he went crazy like he did because of the way the media denigrated him constantly and harassed him constantly over the question that he might be a pedophile.

Whether Jackson deserved such treatment is debatable and both sides can make strong points but I don't want to have that debate here.

This is what upset me about this whole mess. Every day for as long as I can remember everything about Jackson on TV was negative. And there was so much of it. I got sick of hearing about it.

So, Jackson dies, and his friends say that he died because of this treatment.

On the day that he dies every channel is filled with "we love you Michael" stories and playing his videos and saying how he was the greatest entertainer who ever lived, etc, etc.

HUH? While he is alive you persecute the poor man and drive him insane? Then he dies and you act like he is the Messiah?

Perhaps he would not have gone insane and died from drug abuse if the Media had said these good things about him WHILE HE WAS ALIVE.