Wray, James. "Media Stalk Their Tiger." 29 November, 2009. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/blogs/theworldinpictures/2009/11/29/media-stalk-their-tiger/. 29 November 2009.
This article's most poignant point is made in a picture of the media storm that has gathered outside Tiger Woods' home. He was involved in a car accident at around 3:30 in the morning shortly after leaving his house. It was a fairly bad accident, but Woods only received facial lacerations. He was apparently slipping in and out of consciousness when his wife rushed to the scene and broke the back window of his car and pulled him out.
Sometimes the media absolutely makes me sick. This is definitely one such occasion. Tiger woods got in a car wreck, which was probably the low point of his month, if not year. I'm sure he wanted the incident to simply be done with the next day, as it would have been for the other 99.999% of Americans. However, solely because he is a star, hurtful allegations are being made of the accident. Rumors that he was running away from his wife after she discovered he was having an affair have popped up, as well as whisperings of alcohol involvement although it was ruled out immediately after the accident. I think it's sad and frankly depressing that we have nothing better to watch on our news. I for one am sick of hearing about other people's problems and seeing celebrities barraged by the media after every wrong move they make. Let Tiger live his life in peace! Go America.
I definitely read two British newspaper articles regarding this issue. (I had a long time in the London airport?) Yes, the media is fascinating in this regard, because most of the news reported isn't actually true or news worthy.
ReplyDeleteI was reading an accredited newspaper, and it seemed solely tabloid material to me. I seriously wondered whether or not it was a newspaper or People magazine. One article said that his wife was beating him with his golf clubs because he was cheating on her with a New York party girl? This is ironic because golf had always treated him so well.
The other article mentioned that he had apologized to the public and said that this was an embarrassing moment for him and his family, but it was entirely his fault, and his wife did not beat him. It's amazing how twisted this truth can get. And it's weird that we as the public care. This was on the front page of a British newspaper, yet it was not breaking news (front page material).