First of all, can CNN cover something newsworthy instead of chronicling every non-development in this story. I don't need to see live footage of the fire hydrant Tiger hit anymore than I need to see the hearse carrying Michael Jackson in real time. Seriously, 24 hour cable news will be the end of America.
Second, yes I understand the paradox of complaining about the attention this story is getting and then writing about it, so calling more attention to the issue. Call me a hypocrit but I think there are lessons that can be plucked from this delicate situation, much as Melky would pluck a Manny Ramirez homerun from left-center in the old cathedral.
Anyway. Are we as a society incapable of heeding the request for privacy in what really is a family matter. No one would defend what TW is alleged of doing. Cheating on your wife and betraying your kids is an awful and selfish act. But does the public have a right to know whether it happened in this instance. No. Tiger Woods wasn't elected, he doesn't make policy, and he doesn't parent anyone's kids but his own (to whom he is most definitely accountable). We'd love for athletes to be role models, and I certainly take inspiration from what some of them do on the field and in their private lives (see: Nick Swisher), but just because their achievements and missteps are chronicled in the public domain doesn't mean we have a right to know.
If you don't appreciate Tiger keeping mum on the subject, first, read this and then remember not to buy his hats or shirts. If his attempt to deal with these issues in private really irks you, write to Buick, tell them that his silence makes you sick, and demand that they drop his endorsement deal. But how Tiger conducts himself in his personal life should not consume the media and supersede real news. Celebrity culture has gotten too ridiculous.
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Second, yes I understand the paradox of complaining about the attention this story is getting and then writing about it, so calling more attention to the issue. Call me a hypocrit but I think there are lessons that can be plucked from this delicate situation, much as Melky would pluck a Manny Ramirez homerun from left-center in the old cathedral.
Anyway. Are we as a society incapable of heeding the request for privacy in what really is a family matter. No one would defend what TW is alleged of doing. Cheating on your wife and betraying your kids is an awful and selfish act. But does the public have a right to know whether it happened in this instance. No. Tiger Woods wasn't elected, he doesn't make policy, and he doesn't parent anyone's kids but his own (to whom he is most definitely accountable). We'd love for athletes to be role models, and I certainly take inspiration from what some of them do on the field and in their private lives (see: Nick Swisher), but just because their achievements and missteps are chronicled in the public domain doesn't mean we have a right to know.
If you don't appreciate Tiger keeping mum on the subject, first, read this and then remember not to buy his hats or shirts. If his attempt to deal with these issues in private really irks you, write to Buick, tell them that his silence makes you sick, and demand that they drop his endorsement deal. But how Tiger conducts himself in his personal life should not consume the media and supersede real news. Celebrity culture has gotten too ridiculous.
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Agreed!! I do think he is a bit of a dirtbag, but also I do not want to have to listen to this story on WFAN in the morning, and while watching SportsCenter at lunch. Let's move on folks!
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