WASHINGTON Roughly half of all Americans say they are fans of Michael Jackson -- but there are big gender and generation gaps when it comes to the king of pop, according to a new national poll.Fifty-one percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning describe themselves Jackson fans, with 49 percent saying they are not fans.
"Most women say they are fans of Michael Jackson; most men do not. Most young people say they are Jackson fans, but a majority of Americans over 50 don't," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"Older Americans didn't 'get' Michael Jackson. They were probably offended by his defiance of cultural norms. Younger people got him," says CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider.
The poll indicates a majority of whites say they aren't Michael Jackson fans; three-quarters of non-white respondents, which includes African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians, say they were fans of the singer.
The survey suggests there's a partisan difference as well.
"Democrats are fans of the deceased singer; Republicans are not -- but since women, young people and minorities are more likely to be Democrats, the difference between Democrats and Republicans on Michael Jackson is probably due mostly to the demographic differences between the parties," adds Holland.The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted June 26-28, in the days immediately after Jackson's death, with 1,026 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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Michael Jackson had MTV, much more video technology, many many more radio station around the world, color tv aorund the world, thousands of magazines around the world and internet to spread his music and videos, stuff that Beatles didnt have and even like that The Beatles sold many more, had much more impact in the music, society, politics and other areas than him.
Beatles didnt needed scandals to gain more popularity or to be in the news, they werent pedof (mj paid to children parents to withdrow charges that's why he was never convicted), they never put the life of a little baby at risk to gain attention and many other things that mj did just for publicity.
A real KING is talked by his music and achivements and not for the bads things he does to keep attention. A real KING doesnt need a death to reappear in the news or media as a king of pop. A real KING never lip-synch like mj did in most of his concerts, a real king sings with real voice ni concerts (like Elvis)
Before his death there were like 70 millions of mj pages in google ( beatles had 135 million at that time), now there are like 160 millions, mj wasnt enable to put one song on the top 10 for about 15 years or more, his successful era was the begging of the 80's.
I can't deny that mj was a great singer and entertainer but to say the he was the greatest star is like to say that Albert Einstain was so ignorant.