51% of Americans "not fans" of Pop Music

The Associated Press-Ipsos poll about celebrities on trial is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 randomly selected adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted Jan. 9-11 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.
The results were weighted to represent the population by demographic factors such as age, sex, region and education.
No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than three percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all Americans were polled.
This margin of sampling error is larger for responses of subgroups, such as income categories. There are other sources of potential error in polls, including the wording and order of questions.

The questions and percentage of responses:

1. I’m going to read three statements about how the legal system treats people. Please tell me which of these statements comes closest to your view.
—The legal system treats all people pretty much the same, regardless of their occupation, wealth or fame, 24 per cent.
—The legal system treats celebrities better than other people because they have a lot of money, 60 per cent.
—The legal system targets celebrities unfairly because they are so high-profile, 12 per cent.
—Not sure, 4 per cent.

2. As you may know, singer Michael Jackson faces charges that he sexually molested a child at his Neverland ranch. Would you say you are closely following the case, have heard about the case but are not closely following it or have you not heard about the Jackson case?
—Closely following, 19 per cent.
—Have heard of it, but not closely following, 79 per cent.
—Have not heard of it, 2 per cent.

3. Do you think Michael Jackson will get a fair trial or not? (ASKED ONLY OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE)
—Will get a fair trial, 58 per cent.
—Will not get a fair trial, 33 per cent.
—Case won’t go to trial, 1 per cent.
—Not sure, 8 per cent.

4. Do you think Michael Jackson will be convicted of charges that he sexually molested a child, or do you not think he will be convicted? (ASKED ONLY OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE)
—Think he’ll be convicted, 24 per cent.
—Do not think he’ll be convicted, 50 per cent.
—He’ll plea bargain, 1 per cent.
—Not sure, 25 per cent.

5. Are you a fan of pop music, or not? (ASKED OF ALL)
—A fan, 49 per cent.
—Not a fan, 51 per cent.

6. Regardless of whether Michael Jackson is convicted, do the accusations against him make you ... less likely to buy his music and other products, more likely to buy his music and other products or does it have no effect on whether you would buy his music and other products? (ASKED ONLY OF POP MUSIC FANS)
—Less likely, 19 per cent.
—More likely, 1 per cent.
—No effect, 74 per cent.
—Do not listen to Michael Jackson music, 5 per cent.
—Not sure, 1 per cent.

(ASKED OF ALL)
7. As you may know, professional basketball player Kobe Bryant faces charges that he sexually assaulted a young woman in Colorado? Would you say you are closely following the case, have heard about the case but are not closely following it or have you not heard about the Bryant case?
—Closely following, 20 per cent.
—Have heard of it, but not closely following, 77 per cent.
—Have not heard of it, 3 per cent.

8. Do you think Kobe Bryant will get a fair trial or not? (ASKED ONLY OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH CASE)
—Will get a fair trial, 73 per cent.
—Will not get a fair trial, 22 per cent.
—Not sure, 5 per cent.

9. Do you think Kobe Bryant will or will not be convicted of sexually assaulting the young woman? (ASKED ONLY OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH CASE)
—Think he will be convicted, 19 per cent.
—Do not think he will be convicted, 58 per cent.
—(DO NOT READ) He’ll plea bargain, 1 per cent.
—Not sure, 22 per cent.

(ASKED OF ALL)
10. Are you a fan of basketball or not?
—Yes, a fan, 43 per cent.
—No, not a fan, 57 per cent.

11. Regardless of whether Kobe Bryant is convicted, do the accusations against him make you less likely to want to watch him play basketball, more likely to want to watch him play basketball or does it have no effect on your interest in watching him play basketball?
—Less likely, 12 per cent.
—More likely, 3 per cent.
—No effect, 84 per cent.
—Not sure, 1 per cent.

(ASKED OF ALL)
12. As you may know, interior decorator and cooking celebrity Martha Stewart faces charges that she broke the law by lying about her sale of stock on Wall Street. Would you say you are closely following the case, have heard about the case but are not closely following it or have you not heard about the Stewart case?
—Closely following, 20 per cent.
—Have heard of it, but not closely following, 74 per cent.
—Have not heard of it, 6 per cent.

13. Do you think Martha Stewart will get a fair trial or not? (ASKED OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH CASE)
—Will get a fair trial, 75 per cent.
—Will not get a fair trial, 21 per cent.
—Not sure, 4 per cent.

14. Do you think Martha Stewart will or will not be convicted of charges that she broke the law by lying about her sale of stock? (ASKED OF THOSE FAMILIAR WITH CASE)
—Think she will be convicted, 48 per cent.
—Think she will not be convicted, 35 per cent.
—She’ll plea bargain, 1 per cent.
—Not sure, 16 per cent.

(ASKED OF ALL)
15. Do you watch television shows about cooking or furnishing homes, or not?
—Watch shows, 51 per cent.
—Do not watch shows, 49 per cent.

16. Regardless of whether Martha Stewart is convicted or not, do the accusations against her make you less likely to buy Martha Stewart products, more likely to buy Martha Stewart products or do they have no effect on whether you would buy Martha Stewart products?
—Less likely, 10 per cent.
—More likely, 1 per cent.
—No effect, 89 per cent.

(ASKED OF ALL)
17. Regardless of the outcome of either the criminal or civil trials of O.J. Simpson a few years ago, do you think O.J. Simpson was innocent or guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman?
—Innocent, 13 per cent.
—Guilty, 77 per cent.
—Not sure, 10 per cent.