First off, this columnist reminds me of the person in the newsroom –
and in life – who thinks too much of themselves and their product to
understand how their opinions can come across to others, especially
hours after the death of an iconic figure like Steve Irwin.
The
fact that Rick Telander is a sports columnist should not go unnoticed.
Why was he writing about Irwin’s death in the first place? Commentary
on Irwin’s life and contributions to conservation efforts seem best fit
for an outdoors columnist or a lifestyles columnist, not a writer who
sandwhiched the column in between articles about Rex Grossman of the
Chicago Bears and the US Olympic basketball team.
It seems as
though Telander wanted to be “cool” in writing something different.
Instead he comes off inconsiderate of the circumstances around Irwin’s
life and death.
