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The Chandra Levy Story: Context

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

How closely have you been following the news concerning ________ -- very closely, somewhat closely, not too closely, or not at all?

 

Date

News Event

% Very/Somewhat closely

June 28-July 1, 2001

Andrea Yates, the Houston woman accused of murdering her 5 children

68%

June 28 - July 1, 2001

Ford-Firestone dispute

65

July 10-11, 2001

Disappearance of Chandra Levy

63

February 1-4, 2001

Clinton's pardons in last week in office

62

February 1-4, 2001

Bush's faith-based initiative

60

February 19-21, 2001

Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich

60

May 7-9, 2001

McVeigh execution

59

March 9-11, 2001

Campaign finance debate

49

June 28 - July 1, 2001

Bush energy plan

46

June 28 - July 1, 2001

Justice Department lawsuit against Microsoft

39

July 10-11, 2001

Stem cell research

38

June 28- July 1 2001

Patient's bill of rights

36

Overall, do you feel the news media have acted responsibly or irresponsibly in this situation?

Situation

Date

Responsibly

Irresponsibly

No opinion

%

%

%

The death of John F. Kennedy Jr.

1999 Jul 22-25

75

22

3

The shootings at the school in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999

1999 Apr 26-27

67

29

4

The investigation into the disappearance of Chandra Levy

2001 Jul 10-11

61

30

9

The recent school shootings

2001 Mar 26-28

57

37

6

Bill Clinton's investigation and impeachment process

1999 Feb 4-7

48

50

2

Bush daughters issued citations by police for attempts to buy alcohol with false ID

2001 Jun 8-10

42

54

4

The alleged affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky

1998 Jan 28

37

55

8

Survey Methods

The most recent results are based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 998 adults, 18 years and older, conducted July 10-11, 2001. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.


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