Toplines - Celebrities and the Media - July 11-12, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted July 11-12, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely do you follow celebrity news stories?

  6% Very closely

18% Somewhat closely

50% Not very closely

25% Not at all

  2% Not sure

2* Do Americans pay too much attention to celebrity news and not enough attention to news that has real impact on their lives?

84% Yes
  7% No

  9% Not sure

3* Does the media cover celebrities too much, too little or is the coverage about right?

87% Too much

  1% Too little

  9% Coverage is about right

  3% Not sure

 NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence