It could be an interesting exercise to compare the prominent coverage of [Steve] Irwin's death with the slim few paragraphs (at most) devoted by the America news media on or about Aug. 4, 1999, to the death of 44-year-old Rodney William Ansell. The 1988 Australian Northern Territory Man of the Year -- so honored in part because he was widely acknowledged to be the real-life character on whom Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, and John Cornell based their movie character "Crocodile Dundee" -- was killed in a shootout with police.Crikey!
Vin Suprynowicz asks (and answers) several relevant questions.
Is it really known if that was his motive in shooting a police officer who was being asked directions by a motorist, from a hiding position in a nearby bush?
ReplyDeleteIf it really is, then it would be defendable, but I've seen no evidence supporting that that was his motive. We should be more careful in spouting off something as fact before determining the facts. Where is the evidence?