Is anybody else sick of how much media attention is being focused on how well Bindi Irwin is coping?

Question

I'm not trying to invite criticism, but come on.....they act like she's the only child who ever lost her father.....and what about her little brother? Does anybody care about him?

And why aren't we concerned about the coping skills of the children of those brave men and women who have lost their lives in this stupid war that's raging in the Middle East? Does anybody give a sh!t about them? Do you have to be the child of a celebrity to get any sympathy?

Yeah, I know I'm crabby today........just tired of everything being so out of balance............

Answer 1

i have to be honest and say that i do not think she is coping that well.she is way too happy.i see a breakdown in her future.

Answer 2

it's a known fact that a majority of people, especially younger people who are a prime target for news, will listen to the news when it's about a celebrity in any way.

it's about what will get the ratings. think about it, our occupying Iraq and the deaths that result from it are 1. not really as newsworthy anymore because it's a cost of war and it happens. yes, you will still hear stories about it locally but not so much on nationwide networks unless they were some form of scandal or something involves. people sign up to be solfiers knowing that they could die. it's part of the job. nobody forced them to sign up. if it were newsworthy that would be all we hear about and 2. with so many people angry that we are still occupying Iraq and the Middle East, news stations have to try and cater to them too.

and to be honest? when I lived on a Marine base growing up and my dad was away at war, I hated seeing all the news coverage and having reporters come knocking on our doors asking if we were widows or fatherless. I was young, but smart enough to know that my dad might not come home. It was awful. They had to eventually quarantine the base to keep the reporters out.

They didn't really care about us. They care about the heartwrenching stories that will get the ratings.

Good journalists do both. But reporters sometimes just need to get the story.

I mean, obviosly just because thay aren't showing those stories doesn't mean you aren't thinking about it. It's like after 9/11 when they stopped airing continuous new about it. Some people were saying that we had forgotten about all those men and women and the tragedy itself. Umm....I haven't forgotten, and I doubt that anyone in the ret of the country has either. The news is a business like any other.

Answer 3

Go ahead, girrrrl. I thought the same damn thing, and here's why: Steve Irwin was NOT an innocent bystander. He went LOOKING for trouble, as my Nanny used to say--and she was right. The creatures in the sea and in the jungle are there for a reason. It's where they live! Steve Irwin was, for lack of a more appropriate word, AN IDIOT. He had no business messing with those stingrays, and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. There's no way in hell I'd let my husband, who has 2 little boys with me, go out and mess with nature. And, the kicker is, after he died all I heard was "what a brave man he was....he cared sooo much for nature....blah blah" Bullshit! If he cared so much, he would've left nature ALONE. I absolutely agree about the media's misguided direction on this one....What about the men that have died DOING WHAT THEY WERE ASKED to do by our government? The soldiers in Iraq aren't out in the ocean deliberately "taunting" stingrays to get a good story for their stupid TV show, they are FIGHTING A WAR. The media sucks.

Answer 4

I think you are stressing about nothing. If you don't like it, think of something else. I am tired of hearing about how the poor red legged frogs are losing their habitats, so I change the station. And sports? Enough already, this team got 5 points, that one 4 and then tomorrow it is the opposite...who really cares?

Answer 5

It's a pity that any child has to go through childhood without a parent. My brother lost our mom when he was 13 and I was 18. He had to go through his teenage years without a mother which really disheartened him immensely.

Answer 6

Fu*k you! yeah she is getting old but Steve irwin is my one and only idol! i dont lok up to stupid sh!theads like beyonce and actors i looked up to some1 who actually did something worth while and ithink its bomb a$$ that she is continuing what her father did and is doing so well about it! i wish her all the luck in the world to continue on steves traditions! R.I.P. Steve Irwin (9-04-06) i will love you forever! who cares bout the stupid war, its a stupid war thats going on for ABSOLUTELY no purpose, and anyone in the military seving it should be smart enough to when there terms are up get out, instead of staying in iraq, they all thnk there fighting for our freedom and against terrorist and were not and they should know that, they get more info on this stupid war than we do!

Answer 7

i think its wonderful that she is continuing her fathers legacy im a big animal lover! and its awesome to hear news that is refreshing not always about the war... and yes there is news about how we can help support the childrenwho have lost or have been away from their loved ones

Answer 8

well from where i come from, theres no news about them, but those people who died in the war are also quite pitiful,but its not like they want it anyway, all the fault lies in 2 men, bush and osama

Answer 9

haven't noticed it cuz I don't watch TV but I can say the media is probably more concerned about it that her father was when he was doing what he was doing.

Answer 10

i agree with you totally, and i'm not crabby today, lol.