Man måtte naturligvis til utenlandske medier for å finne en noenlunde gjennomtenkt artikkel om dødsfallet til Steve Irwin. Ray Mears, hvis programmer jeg foretrekker fremfor krokodillejegerserien til Irwin, sier det slik:

“Television has become very gladiatorial, and it’s not healthy. The voyeurism we are seeing on television has a cost, and it’s that cost Steve Irwin’s family are paying today.”