<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/95db65c2-9024-41c4-add5-c138a980f00f/52335C6E-74C9-467A-ADB6-29ECC7F32596/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-.html" href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.findingdulcinea.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-.html"><DIV id="article_capsule"> <DIV id="article_capsule_image"><IMG src="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/docroot/dulcinea/fd_images/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-/news/0/image.jpg" alt="celebrity magazines, celebrity tabloids" /> <DIV class="dulcinea_caption"><FONT color="#999999" size="1">Carolyn Kaster/AP</FONT></DIV> </DIV> <H1 id="article_capsule_headline">Is America Too Obsessed With Celebrities?</H1> <DIV id="article_capsule_date"> July 01, 2009 07:30 AM </DIV> <DIV id="article_capsule_byline"> by <A href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/employees/audience-dev/liz-colville.html">Liz Colville</A> </DIV> <DIV id="article_capsule_deck">The current onslaught of celebrity news coverage appears to follow Americans’ preferences. But some polls and experts suggest otherwise.</DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-.html"><H3 id="dulcinea_section_title_0" class="section_title"> <A href="#0" name="0">A Peerless Celebrity Dies in an Era of Celebrity Obsession</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Is-America-Too-Obsessed-With-Celebrities-.html"><DIV> Michael Jackson had an undeniable impact on millions of people’s lives. But so did Elvis Presley. When Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977, ABC and NBC’s nightly news programs led with the story, but CBS did not. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/52335C6E-74C9-467A-ADB6-29ECC7F32596/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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