A study by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press found that 87 percent of those responding believed celebrity scandals get far too much coverage by the media. Of the other respondents, 8 percent said their is a proper balance between celebrity and hard news coverage, while 2 percent wanted more celebrity coverage.
Respondents said they thought cable news was the major culprit of the trend, with 34 percent saying the industry had the most celebrity coverage. Following close behind that was the network TV news with 27 percent believing they had the most coverage, and 15 percent saying Internet news sites had the most. Only 8 percent believed newspapers had the most celebrity coverage.
The problem with the findings of this study is people will still watch the celebrity news and scandals even though they say this. Of course as in all surveys, the ways questions are asked determine how people will answer.
When you consider that last week there were more people that watched news concerning the American presidential race and Iraq war, it would seem they want to watch harder news. But right on the heels of that you find they still watched scandals, controversy, sports and legal problems as much as ever.
The purpose of this study seems to be an attempt to persuade people to do what they allege they believe, and that's to pay attention to more important news.
When you hear 87 percent of people saying they think there is too much coverage of celebrity foibles, I'll believe they really believe that when they stop watching and reading about it.
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A study by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press found that 87 percent of those responding believed celebrity scandals get far too much coverage by the media. [Read More]
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