Michael Jackson media coverage "too much", Most Americans believe

Twenty-nine percent of the 1,000 people polled June 26-29 for the survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press believe the coverage of Jackson's sudden death on Thursday at the age of 50 was the "right amount."

Thirty percent of those polled said they followed the coverage of Jackson's death "very closely" while 28 percent said they followed it "fairly closely."

Twenty-three percent said they followed it "not too closely" and 19 percent said they followed it "not at all closely."

Thirty-one percent said they followed the Jackson story more closely than any other during the week.

Pew said African-Americans followed the death of Jackson more closely than the population as a whole with eight in 10 blacks saying they followed the news of his death very closely compared with 22 percent of whites.