Gallup commentary on Cheney. My questions

I subscribe to a paid Gallup service which provides some information and services not available to the general public.

One service is a regular commentary by Gallup's Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport. Here's some of his latest (Feb. 20):

Cheney Follow-Up

We're getting the first bits of data on the effect of the Dick Cheney shooting incident on American public opinion.

A WNBC/Marist Poll conducted Monday through Wednesday (before Cheney's on-camera interview with Fox News Channel's Brit Hume) found that nearly two-thirds of registered voters say that no further investigation of the incident is needed.

A TIME magazine poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday (after the interview) found that Cheney's job approval rating had not changed significantly from a November TIME poll (and neither had George W. Bush's approval rating).

Another question in the TIME poll showed that a majority of Americans said the incident did not change their opinions of Cheney either way.

Both major newsmagazines -- TIME and Newsweek -- have Cheney on the cover this week, and the shooting incident will continue to be the subject of some news coverage. But it doesn't look like it is going to have made a major difference in the way the world looks at the vice president.
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Interesting reading.

Questions for Newport:

Does Gallup plan to poll on public reaction to press upset at not being informed of the accident as promptly as the press thought proper?

Did the press' making itself a story help, hurt, or have no effect on the press' standing with the public?

How do Americans feel about continuing press coverage such as the Time and Newsweek cover stories?

Does the public think it needs to learn more about the accident or does it see the press is in overkill mode?
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Folks, I'm emailing these questions to Newport. He usually gets back to me although it often takes him a week or so if he's traveling.

I'll let you know what I hear back.