Assignment 2-1: Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson is a popular icon known for the championship boxing title he has won, along with the recent legal trouble he has been in. On Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter Exodus Tyson died tragically after getting her neck stuck around the cord of a treadmill, after being on life support for less than 24 hours. The death of a child is something that should not be taken lightly, especially given the fact that this child was apparently unsupervised.

Upon doing an analysis of this article, I noticed the author Ross Franklin showed little to no sympathy for the child’s death. Instead of showing sympathy for the family, and loss of the child, he highlighted the legal problems and the mistakes Mike Tyson has had in his past. In addition, I feel an article about a child that has died due to no supervision should stress the importance of parents watching their children, and the importance of exercise equipment be locked up, or put away when small children are in the home. The information listed in this article about Mike Tyson was just inappropriate, and unnecessary. Information given in articles should be informative and help the reader. The information given in this article, at least the way the author wrote it, would leave you with a feeling of less sympathy of Mike Tyson. The article started off talking about Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter Exodus, but then started talking about how you had been in jail due to beating up two men, and raping a women. The Associated Press never should have run this article. When I read this article, I also looked at a lot of the comments on this article. Many people felt the same way I did; some people left comments stating he deserved what has happened to him given his past. These insensitive comments probably would not have been left, if it were not for the information brought up during this article. I can’t imagine how it would feel being the parent of this poor girl, and reading such hurtful and unnecessary comments. No matter what kind of past a person has, a death of a child is something that is very tragic.


References

Franklin, R. (2009). Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter dies. Associate Press. Retrieved on
May 28, 2009 from http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009-05-26-tyson-daughter_N.htm?csp=34.