MOST OVERPLAYED NEWS STORIES OF '99

MOST OVERPLAYED NEWS STORIES OF '99

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Americans have had it up to their thong-wearing keisters with the name Monica Lewinsky. According to a survey by "US" magazine, 66 percent of Americans think Lewinsky's affair with President Clinton is easily's the year's most "Overplayed News Story." Other 1999 news events that wore out the welcome mat include... -- JFK Jr.'s plane crash, which 15 percent of Americans think was overplayed by the media -- 13 percent are fed up with press coverage about Y2K problems. -- And, finally, 8 percent of Americans wish they could have avoided all the media hype that surrounded the latest "Star Wars" movie.