Overdosing on coverage
By now, it is common knowledge that Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin died the other day. I noticed something about the coverage of his death that I wanted to discuss here. Coverage of Irwin's death provides me with an excuse to contrast it with the coverage of Rosa Parks, who refused to get up and move from her seat on an Alabama bus, and who sparked a bus boycott led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. Parks did something equally important, even though she did not intend to do so, but coverage of... Sign in to see full entry.