Now I’m going to read you a list of some stories covered by news organizations in the last month or so. As I read each one, tell me if you happened to follow this news story very closely, fairly closely, not too closely, or not at all closely. (First,) how closely did you follow this story…?

Ongoing discussions about prescription drug safety following the recall of the drug Vioxx  

Very closely                34                    

Fairly closely               32                    

Not too closely            16                    

Not at all closely          18                    

DK/Ref                         1

Survey by Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Pubic Health. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, December 2-5, 2004 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,203.