Twice as many Republicans as Democrats say there’s been too much
media coverage of the death of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin, a
new survey finds.
Fifty-six percent of Republicans say there’s
been “too much” media about Martin’s February shooting by neighborhood
watch volunteer George Zimmerman, a Pew Research Center for the People
& the Press study found Tuesday. Meanwhile, 25 percent of Democrats believe there is too much coverage of the story.
Among Democrats, 38 percent said they were following
Martin’s death more closely than other stories, while 19 percent of
Republicans said that they were following the story more closely than
other headlines.
Opinions about the coverage were also sharply divided on race. Of
those saying there was too much coverage of Martin’s death, 16 percent
were black while 43 percent were white.
