Posted on 02/19/2010 8:04:25 AM PST by publius321
The Tiger Woods story is back in high gear and the media love it. I’ve heard several people compare his plight to that of Bill Clinton and other disgraced politicians. In my mind the only people to whom Tiger Woods owes an apology are his wife, children and his sponsors. Tiger Woods doesn’t foist his morals or lack thereof on the public by signing or vetoing legislation. Tiger Woods doesn’t nominate Supreme Court Justices and Tiger Woods is not the Commander of the most powerful military on Earth.
Tiger Woods plays a game. If anyone, the people who owe us an apology are the media for bombarding us with the sordid details of his flings. We all know that many children were fans of Tiger Woods and now millions of children have no doubt been talking about his scandal on the school playground, which is very unfortunate. If on the night Tiger wrecked his car and the media pretended these affairs never happened, how would your life be different? If you and/or your children to this day believed that Tiger was the hero he was thought to be by many, would you be worse off? The question is WHY do people feel they have a RIGHT to know the details? There used to be this thing called –discretion.
It amazes me how skewed the values of the media are when it comes to their assessment of which public figures should be held accountable for bad behavior. We now find ourselves with a “mystery President” who years ago, in order to diffuse a scandal, wrote a book in which he admitted to cocaine use. When someone about whom we know very little, also has the least amount of experience of any Presidential candidate in history - throws out a comment in regard to “experimenting with cocaine” - isn’t worthy of a little media follow up? Where in the h e double L were these assiduous reporters then???? When someone is contending for the Presidency of the United States of America, doesn’t such a statement beg the question of WHAT constitutes “experimenting” with cocaine Mr. Obama? What type of cocaine was it Mr. Obama, crack rock or the snorting kind? How about WHEN was your LAST experiment? Is that why a young guy like you can’t string together a cogent statement without reading it off of a teleprompter?
Then there’s a gay man out there by the name of Larry Sinclair who has been ignored by our state run media but was appearing in foreign media declaring that he and Obama had an affair and a cocaine party in Sinclair’s Limo while Obama was an unknown state legislator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceFVpJ-Gyc I’m not saying I believe the man but I certainly wouldn’t be –surprised- if he were telling the truth considering the ineptitude of people who fancy themselves “journalists”. No one knows anything about Obama's past. He's gone by several different names throughout his life, his family says they saw him born in Kenya, no one's seen his official birth certificate, his college transcripts are sealed, so what do we know about him? Shouldn’t someone in this aggressive media have investigated him to some degree before becoming his campaign shills? Of course not; it’s not as though he is a PGA golfer or some other occupation in which moral character has any relevance.
For those who feel that Tiger owes you an apology - why? Did he come to you and boast about what a pillar of rectitude he was in order to induce you to sign a contract? NO. Would you not have bought that Nike cap or used Accenture for your company? This guy was one of the more reticent athletes I have ever seen. It’s not like he was out promoting a particular set of values. He seemed to want to avoid getting involved with politics. I’m not a golf fan and I find what he did offensive but what is perhaps more offensive to me is that I –know- about it. The insipid assertion that “if you don’t like it, you can change the channel” doesn’t apply. This story is inescapable. It has been everywhere from the checkout line of virtually every store, radio, television, newspaper, Internet headlines and being talked about throughout workplaces and schools around the country.
I don’t expect an apology from Tiger Woods. I want an apology from the voyeuristic media for their ineptitude, double-standards and disrespect.
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I think I agree 100%. His behavior is not the public’s business, except to the extent they are free to watch him or not, follow his endorsements or not, etc.
Dang, with all Mr. Howell’s money you’d think he could hire a proofreader.
This might be the best public apology I’ve ever witnessed.
Bravo to Tiger Woods for being man enough to stand in front of the world and condemn himself.
Frankly I don’t much care one way or another about celebraties’ sweaty little affairs.
Tiger just needs to shut up and play golf.
The msm needs to report facts and nothing else.
tiger didn’t cheat on the public. he misrepresented himself. I’m not looking for an apology.
>>Did he come to you and boast about what a pillar of rectitude he was in order to induce you to sign a contract? NO.<<
I beg to differ. Tiger established himself as a “good” person and held himself you that way. We all make our own personal purchasing decisions based on many factors. Our high opinion of that endorser is on of those factors. Thinking “hey, that Tiger guy is a heck of a golfer and a one of the good folk so I am proud to show how much I like him by buying this Nike cap” is not out of line.
It was deception.
I wish the best for Tiger and his family and I hope he can restructure his life to live up to the idealized person he represented himself to be. I really do.
It’s not the public’s business, we’re free not to buy his products.
He is doing quite well on that isn’t he?
Sure beats Alex Rodriguez and Bill Clinton.
No apology needed except toward his God, himself, and his family.
it is part of his recovery program what we are seeing now on tv
I could care less about Tiger and what he has to say.
Good article, but misses the basic reason for media Tiger obsession - Money.
Sex and scandal sells. It sells magazines, TV ratings, ad revenue, etc. It’s a business. The product being sold is scandal. Doesn’t matter if it’s Clinton, Edwards, Tiger, Michael Jackson, OJ, whoever.
He sounds like an arrogant punk to me
I may be naive but I still hope people can mean what they say and change for the better
Tiger needs to WANT to change.. not just regret getting caught!
Tiger is a manufactured sports hero, manufacture by IMG and their media machine.
Actually, I agree.
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