The Dark Side of Jacques Cousteau
June 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of explorer, scientist, and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau. Born in 1910, he served in the French Navy before and during World War II, and went on to invent the "Aqua-Lung" which revolutionized underwater diving and exploration. He became famous with the production of his television specials, including The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and later, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
Today he is viewed as a hero by many, and is fondly remember by the generation of Americans who as children in the 1960s and 1970s were transfixed by his television programs, which at the time were nearly as stunning to the imagination as the Apollo program. As such the media, in marking the anniversary of his birth, has a produced a swarm of articles fawning over Cousteau's admitted successes.
In its coverage, for example, Wired republished an article on its homepage from one year earlier calling Cousteau "Champion of the Wine Dark Sea” and remarking on the many honors he was awarded: "introduction into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame, the National Geographic Society's Centennial Award, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and France's Grand Croix dans l'Ordre National du Merite."
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