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Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 14, 2009

People magazine cover of tragic pop star Michael Jackson

Did you feel like ripping out your hair over the last couple of weeks, thinking that, while it was sad that he died, there was just too much media coverage of the death of pop-music icon Michael Jackson?

Well, join the club:

Rasmussen Report: 70% Say Media Coverage of Michael Jackson’s Death Was Too Much
July 14, 2009

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.

Jackson 5 at the beach, 1971 promo shot for 'ABC'

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