I think the media is having a field day – absolute joy on their part. They have a chance to get back at a guy they think has snubbed them for 13 years and has refused to GIVE them what they want. This is pure vindictiveness from people who think that tearing down people is what they are supposed to do.

So much for the neutral media.

Yes – Tiger was wrong for doing what he did – and he is going to pay for it – but it is STILL none of our business.

Well, RB, I think you’ve done a decent job with this. You have for the most part refrained from making assumptions, which is more than can be said for much of the media.

As for the worst…it almost has to be “the worldwide leader in sports.” When an organization with the resources available to ESPN spends much of its time relying on a gossip website, there’s a problem.

Agreed 100% with Court. The Media is enjoying this to the max.

Okay, that said, Woods has handled this as poorly as anyone possibly could. He needs to go on Oprah or something and get in front of this story and own up to whatever. America loves to give second chances and to forgive those that are forthright. They also loathe those that are caught and still show contempt.

I say that Tiger should consider doing that from a PR perspective, not from a “I have a right to know” perspective — because I don’t have any right to know. Still, Woods is letting the other side – the sensationalista, if you will, take potshot after potshot.

That would help kill this thing and get the focus of the game back to where it should be — on the golf course.

The best at covering this? Don’t know. I am actually actively trying to avoid it all, simply because it is not all that interesting.

The worst? Well, aside from the Radar Online’s, the TMZ’s, etc., ABCDESPN, IMO, because they are pretty much breathlessly forcing this to the top of their coverage.

I think it has been the media that made tiger who he is in popularity amoungst the “Fringe Fan” element over the past 10 years or so. Us regular golf fans that follow ALL golf, PGA, LPGA, European Tour etc. etc. always knew who tiger was based on his on course performance with the game itself. Now that his infidelity has been made public he has to take it like a man as to whatever comes his way. I beleive SOME of the media outlets have done poorly with all the speculation but remember this, "If Tiger had come clean from the start none of the speculation would have been necessary. On top of it TIGER lied and said ALL of the allegations “Are False”. Which we know now has been proven differently. The media is just being the media, reporting the news with some added sensationalizm. Heck, the media did a good job sensationalizing Tiger when things were going his way. The “Return of Tiger commercial” comes to mind narrated by James Earl Jones. It was well timed and well planned ahead prior to his announced return. They made it sound like it was the next coming of the man upstairs. Elin and the kids are the victims here and NOT TIGER. This will not go away any time soon and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is heckled when he makes his return to the course. I remember back when Tiger told Fuzzy Zeller that he was forgiven for saying what he did, but also added that he would never forget it. Whats good for the goose has to be good for the gander and TW is not above that in any way , shape or form…..jumpn/progolf

Actually, Ballangee, the lowly blogger in his underwear in his Mama’s basement, deserves some credit for being the first to track down Rachel Uchitel.

Old Man Par,,, Now that was funny !!!!! LOLOLOL

When will the Tiger schadenfreude (delight in another person’s misfortune) slow down and stop? There is some positive golf news deserving of our attention. I am speaking of the magnificent John Daly makeover. The bad boy of golf, loved by the masses for his cantankerous lifestyle and booming drives, has taken positive steps in re-inventing himself. Something Mr. Woods will need to do. The difference between these two is we knew the real John Daly from day one and we accepted him for being just that. Thank you, John, for being honest with us.
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I’m sure I could point to spots where some journalist or outlet did this or that wrong or where some journalist or outlet did it right. In a perfect world, only facts would be reported and if that were the case, this story would have died almost immediately. But they dug deeper, as they are prone to do and now the story had grown way beyond where any of us would have anticipated.

I’m not sure I agree that this is vindictive reporting. It certainly might seem that way until you consider that they would do the exact same thing to any celebrity they could bury. That’s what sells, and it’s the way of things now, unfortunately. If anything, I attribute it to his previously perceived squeaky clean image, which made it all the more shocking, putting it right up the alley of today’s media.

Toppling people is what they do and they do it well. Which is why I’m utterly amazed that Tiger was able to keep any of these affairs secret at all, let alone for a prolonged period. It must have taken great planning and expense.

There’s one prominent person I can think of that gets a complete pass from the media, but I’m not going there because I don’t want this to degrade into a political war. I will say, though, that if he had any transgressions that were discovered, the sharks would be swimming in that direction in about 3 seconds time. All of them. And they would revel in shedding a tear as they tore him to the ground.

between journalism and the media anymore. Ryan has done a pretty good job of trying to be a journalist about it all, but we live in times when rumors and innuendo that would have been relegated to gossip columns are now front page stories. These days the gossip, the accusation, whether unfounded and unverified or not, IS the story. The consumer of “news” is left totally to their own devices to rhetorically filter the information and decide if it is news or not. It used to be the function of the fourth estate to apply those standards in advance, but they have mostly abdicated.

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised about this media frenzy concerning Tiger. I get the feeling this backlash is a response to the way Tiger kept the media at arms lenth. Here in Britain and in Australia, the tabloids tend to tear down thier sporting heros…almost saying " you have become too big, who do you think you are ? " There is a love of the underdog here, remember that bafoon Eddie the eagle in the Olympics representing Britain ? What a joke…yet much of the public loved him. Whereas in the USA, sporting heros tend to be worshiped for life, ie Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jabbar, Palmer, Nicklaus, etc. Winners. But it seems that Tiger became too big…too dominant…and seemingly un-gracious about it…wouldn’t sign autographs like Phil, etc. And now, thanks to his double life, he has a long way to fall. Will he quit ? Come April, at the Masters will probably give some answer to all that.

There were probably three days when there was nothing on the front page of this Web site but tiger-gate b.s. The only outlet I’m aware of that hasn’t touched the story is Daily Kos. The story is, some athlete cheated on his wife, a lot. No one died, no one went bankrupt, the stock market didn’t crash. People should have better things to do than gossip about someone they don’t actually know?

I’m only commenting here because you asked, I guess I’ll be gone for a few more days.

One of my business partners just came into my office and told me that a close friend of his that lives on Louise Cove Drive @ Isleworth CC had this to say,,,Elin did indeed take a few swipes at TW with a club inside the home at 2:00 am and one of which did graze his mouth. She then proceeded to start smashing things up inside the home with the same club, creating some big time damage to furniture, walls and some collectables not to mention the real estate itself. He was told this is one of the many reasons the authorities were not allowed in the house even 3 days later, due to extensive damage. Neither he or I can verify the story, but he isn’t the type that gets vamboozled into spreading rumors without hearing it from a reliable source. Sounds to me like it may be viable as he has known this guy for 25 years or so. Who knows !!! Just thought I’d share that with ya’as…jumpn/progolf

one verifiable fact over and above Tiger’s statement.

Unlike Kobe, Plexico, Jayson Williams and scores of other celebrities, there was no murder, illegal hand guns or sexual assault. It is a character defect, not a crime, and as my main man, courtgolf, says, it is truly nobody’s business. Like, dislike him. Buy his products, don’t buy them. Root for or against him. But, just shut up. It is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS…

I agree with you totally. My post above was for One Eye.

Remember the movie Robocop, back in the ’80’s ? The way the media was portrayed in that film almost seems upon us. Can it really get that bad ? Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.

I pity them, I’m not worth that much attention, lol