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Poll: 64 percent say too much Jackson coverage

Nearly two in three Americans say news organizations have given too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson, but half say the media have struck the right balance between covering the pop star's personal life and musical career.

LOS ANGELES —

In a Pew Research Center poll published Wednesday, 64 percent of those surveyed said Jackson's death last week in Los Angeles has received too much coverage, 29 percent said the story received the right amount and 3 percent said the story got too little attention.

Thirty percent said they followed the story very closely, though that number jumped to 80 percent among blacks, according to the independent public opinion research group.

Pew interviewed about 1,000 adults for the poll, which has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.5 percentage points.

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Boy is it ever. I am sick of this story superceding all the other important events taking place in this country and the world. It's disgraceful. Posted on July 2, 2009 at 12:28 PM by changeisneeded. Jump to comment

Of course the coverage of Michael Jackson's death is too much! It's one big attempt to distract the American populace from the... Posted on July 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM by GoldDawgger. Jump to comment

UNfortunately the media is famous for giving details of subjects which are of interest to a seledted few. I noticed much less was said about... Posted on July 2, 2009 at 12:43 PM by helen sudul. Jump to comment

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