Poll: 2 in 3 Americans say news organizations gave Michael Jackson’s death too much coverage

September 30th, 2009 Wal-Mart best symbolizes America, a new poll findsNEW YORK — Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50 percent is a great idea, while more than a third consider Twitter a fad that will likely fade. Those are among the findings of a new "60 Minutes"-Vanity Fair Poll released Sunday.

September 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A staggering 90 percent of Americans want writing text messages while driving to be banned, according to a poll. The CBS News/New York Times survey quizzed 1042 adults across the country, and found that only 8 percent had no problems against texting while behind the wheels.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's children are reportedly under the shield of a team of bodyguards costing 750,000 pounds a year. The youngsters, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, a.k.a Blanket,were placed under protection after fears they might be targeted by kidnappers or stalkers following the death of their father.

September 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's approval rating on health care has dropped six points since July to 40 percent, and now more Americans, 47 percent, disapprove of his handling of health care, according to a new CBS News poll taken between Aug 27 - 31. As the president's poll numbers sink on the issue, two-thirds of Americans remain confused about the health reform proposals on the table.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson reported suffered a heart attack after an aide injected him with a shot of powerful painkiller Demerol, while the star's personal doctor was sleeping. Dr. Conrad Murray was said to have previously admitted to police that he administered surgical anaesthetic Propofol to the King of Pop that same day.

July 15th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department is treating King of Pop Michael Jackson's death as homicide, a media report said Wednesday. The entertainment website TMZ.com citing "multiple law enforcement sources" said evidence points to Propofol, an anesthesia, as the primary cause of the pop star's death.

July 7th, 2009 Breaking news of Jackson death boosts TMZ trafficLOS ANGELES — Breaking the news of Michael Jackson's death boosted weekly traffic at TMZ.com, putting it ahead of all other celebrity news sites for the first time since it posted an exclusive police photo of a bruised Rihanna in February. "That set the record for us back in February and this one severely trumped that," TMZ General Manager Pam Russo commented.

July 6th, 2009 Clarification: Michael Jackson-TVNEW YORK — In a July 4 story about various television networks' coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial service, The Associated Press reported that Fox News Channel had not announced its plans. Fox communicated its plans Friday to several news organizations, not including the AP.

July 4th, 2009 Networks to offer live Jackson memorial coverageNEW YORK — The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television. ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment are among the networks that have already announced plans to offer live coverage of the Tuesday memorial, set for 10 a.m.

July 4th, 2009 Television networks planning Jackson coverageNEW YORK — NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC joins ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment in offering the ceremony live.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's family has said that the loss of the King of Pop has left them "speechless and devastated". The legend's father Joe Jackson has come out with a statement describing days following the death as " one of the darkest moments of our lives", Sky News reports.

June 28th, 2009 News of Jackson's death prompts fight on Fla. busNORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - The Jacksons' family lawyer Brian Oxman has said King of Pop Michael's sudden death at the age of 50 could be the start of a long series of legal battles. While on CBS's Early Show, Oxman said the remains of his fortune, his property and his children could all be fought over in court, reports Sky News.

June 26th, 2009 Jackson death causes media scrambleNEW YORK — Two broadcast TV networks were already planning dueling prime-time specials on Farrah Fawcett's death Thursday. Then Michael Jackson died.

May 3rd, 2009 Who's watching news scorecards on Obama?NEW YORK — As President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms. What is that information really worth? "It's always good to know what you're doing," said Bob Lichter, director of the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University.