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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tiger Woods, or Why I Am a Bad Person
I must admit that I have been following the Tiger Woods story. Not seeking it out, exactly, but not turning away from it, either. I haven't purchased a copy of "Us," but I did a read a copy of "People" in the doctor's office. Pretty eagerly, in fact. Perhaps I am a bad person.
Anyway, one of the things I find fascinating about the story is how your more fancy media sources find backdoor ways to cover it. On NPR they seemed to have decided that the business angle is legitimate, but the purely personal one is not. So "All Things Considered" runs stories about Tiger losing his sponsors, but not straight up stories about infidelity. Now whatever ethic makes "Tiger Woods Loses Accenture Sponsorship Because of Infidelity" a legitimate story but "Tiger Woods Commits Infidelity" an illegitimate one is lost on me. It seems a stab at decorum, but without any defining principle. And a lot of coverage by old-line media sources seems this way to me—trapped in an ethic that makes no sense. But I am happy to be convinced otherwise.
So what say you, folks? Is there nothing to this distinction, or does it indeed express some useful principle?
Posted by John Greenman on December 23, 2009 at 12:03 AM | Permalink
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Time to give the guy a break. Whats gone on in his personal life is just that, he is still one of the finest professional sports people to have lived. His playing record speaks for itself. A living legend who made some personal mistakes! Look forward to him raising the bar even further on the Golf Course.
Posted by: Mike Hawts | Feb 24, 2010 1:28:08 PM
Tiger Woods has been dropped by Gatorade, Tag Heuer and AT&T. Next stop Nike? Online sports bloggers on www.dozensports.com are still supporting Tiger. Some say his new motto should be 'Just do me'. The only thing that can save him now is a tearful appearance on Oprah.
Posted by: online sports | Jan 27, 2010 3:36:00 AM
Tiger is a golf professional and should be judged on his golfing performance. Tiger Woods the family man is his own business and it is a shame that the world seems to fuel the money making press with it's demand for private stories. I wish the media would cover stories of global economy downturn and wars in Iraq with the same passion as they do an individual golfer. Shame that Tiger sells is if makes a mistake.
Cant wait to see you in the 2010 Master tiger
Posted by: Galvin Green | Jan 10, 2010 5:42:58 AM
Maybe it's a matter of respecting his private life which would be unusual for the media.
Posted by: Carole Sales | Dec 29, 2009 8:31:27 PM
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