Social Foo: Tiger Woods

[alpharaposa]

I caught most of his statement during my morning break today. I thought it was very mature. He used no weasel words and owned up to his mistakes. He was very clear that he knew he'd done the wrong thing, and made no excuses for it. He apologized to those he wronged and those he disappointed, and said that from here forward, what was important was his actions with his family, not just words.

And I also approve of him chewing out the media for speculating about things without facts and for hounding his family.

At this point, I hope we can all get back to watching him play golf, and he can work things out with his family in private.

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[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I think it's stupid that America expects its celebrities to be perfect, and then shreds them when they make mistakes. Of course they all fall off the pedestal eventually -- they're human. Humans make mistakes.

People should just get over it already. So a man cheated. Sadly, that is not news.

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[zeeth_kyrah]

But he also apologized with what appears to be genuine sincerity, and sadly, that is news these days.

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[xaq.livejournal.com]

And this is why I so rarely bother watching the news anymore...far too much of it is crap like this that doesn't deserve to be called "news". More like "hi-octane gossip-mongering".

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[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I agree with that summary of the "news" these days. I look for online sources, preferably cross-checking across different nations.

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[stryck.livejournal.com]

I think a large part of the blame lies with the 'gossip column' news we have. People who want attention get it. We get inundated with stories about every little failing celebrities have, and if the news can't find them, it'll speculate on half-known facts until we're all convinced there really is something there.

We don't need weeks of coverage on Michael Jackson's death or Tiger Wood's infidelity. Heck, I don't even think most politician's infidelities are worth the sheer amount of time spent on them. Report it once, report any official statement, and then move on to something more worth our time.

If the news spent less time slobbering all over people, then we wouldn't have so many people willing to do stupid or immoral things to get news time.

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[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I agree. Less of that nonsense would make me very happy.

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[stryck.livejournal.com]

Yeah, with all the gossip repeated at the top of every hour.

*shudder* Work plays nothing but HLN on the TV in the lunch room.