Steve Irwin’s Memorial Service Part II
September 23rd 2006 01:59
It’s so sad to see that the media doesn’t allow anything to get in the way of a good story.
With the memorial service held this week of Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, this was the lead story for mainstream media outlets.
I can understand why, as I pointed out in my first blog on Steve Irwin, he was a great conservationalist in this country.
But, why did the media have to go overboard with this story. It would be extremely difficult for Steve’s wife, Terri, and two children, Bindi and Bob, to try to overcome their grief when Steve’s death dominated the headlines nearly every day this week.
The media could’ve just covered the memorial service and that’s it – just reported on that one story. It should have been about celebrating the life of a great Australian.
But, instead, the media focused on what parts of the memorial service made Steve’s wife, Terri, cry the most and the speech of Steve’s oldest child, Bindi.
Any spouse left after their life partner had just died would be grief-stricken. So why couldn’t the media just leave Terri grieve for her husband in peace?
Was it also wrong for the media to focus their attention on Steve’s daughter, Bindi? At only eight years of age, Bindi has now become a major celebrity due to the death of her father. Is it wrong to put the grief of a little girl out there for the world to see? She is not of an age to really understand the significance of being in the limelight in the media. Bindi said in her speech, that her Dad was the best Dad in the world. That could’ve been the words of any eight-year-old.
It was really disheartening to hear a little girl, around the age of Bindi, say this week, how come I’m not as important as Bindi? How many other kids felt this way? As sad as it is, Bindi is not the only child who has lost a parent. We should be making every single kid feel special and let Bindi cope with her father’s death in private.
With the memorial service held this week of Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, this was the lead story for mainstream media outlets.
I can understand why, as I pointed out in my first blog on Steve Irwin, he was a great conservationalist in this country.
But, why did the media have to go overboard with this story. It would be extremely difficult for Steve’s wife, Terri, and two children, Bindi and Bob, to try to overcome their grief when Steve’s death dominated the headlines nearly every day this week.
The media could’ve just covered the memorial service and that’s it – just reported on that one story. It should have been about celebrating the life of a great Australian.
But, instead, the media focused on what parts of the memorial service made Steve’s wife, Terri, cry the most and the speech of Steve’s oldest child, Bindi.
Any spouse left after their life partner had just died would be grief-stricken. So why couldn’t the media just leave Terri grieve for her husband in peace?
Was it also wrong for the media to focus their attention on Steve’s daughter, Bindi? At only eight years of age, Bindi has now become a major celebrity due to the death of her father. Is it wrong to put the grief of a little girl out there for the world to see? She is not of an age to really understand the significance of being in the limelight in the media. Bindi said in her speech, that her Dad was the best Dad in the world. That could’ve been the words of any eight-year-old.
It was really disheartening to hear a little girl, around the age of Bindi, say this week, how come I’m not as important as Bindi? How many other kids felt this way? As sad as it is, Bindi is not the only child who has lost a parent. We should be making every single kid feel special and let Bindi cope with her father’s death in private.
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