This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey on the scandals which occurred the same year in the United States. Respondents were asked how much attention they paid to selected scandals. 70 percent stated they pay a "great deal" of attention or at least "some attention" to the scandal of Edward snowden leaking confidential information about mass surveillance programs to the press in 2013.
How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals?
Characteristic
"Great deal" or "some attention"
"Not much" or "no attention"
N/A - I was not at all aware of this
Edward Snowden leaking details of US mass surveillance programs to the press
70%
25%
6%
Paula Deen being fired from Food Network due to allegations of racism
53%
44%
3%
Performance enhancing drug revelations and related suspensions in Major League Baseball (MLB)
52%
40%
8%
Revelations of additional sexting by Anthony Weiner
41%
49%
10%
Reports of Amanda Bynes' erratic behavior
23%
59%
18%
Reese Witherspoon's arrest for disorderly conduct
20%
62%
19%
Reports that Simon Cowell conceived a child with his friend's wife
19%
59%
22%
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Harris Interactive. (August 27, 2013). How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/
Harris Interactive. "How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals?." Chart. August 27, 2013. Statista. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/
Harris Interactive. (2013). How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/
Harris Interactive. "How Much Attention Have You Paid to Each of The following Scandals?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/
Harris Interactive, How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/ (last visited March 16, 2025)
How much attention have you paid to each of the following scandals? [Graph], Harris Interactive, August 27, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/269051/survey-on-attention-paid-to-selected-scandals-in-the-united-states/
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