CULTURE WARS JFK Jr. Coverage
A Portrait of America survey finds that most Americans think the media overdid their coverage of the JFK Jr. story. The national telephone survey found that 67% said that the television networks should have continued with regular programming and simply provided news updates. Only 23% thought that the decision to cancel regular network shows was appropriate. Americans over 65 were most likely to say it was appropriate to cancel regular programming. Still, 57% of America's senior citizens thought that regular programming should have continued. Americans under 30 were most likely to say that there was no need to cancel programming. 72% of our nation's youngest adults share this view.