Most people get their news online these days. And the placement of stories on every media outlet is based on the number of hits it receives. So if you’re upset about the Tiger story getting top billing, don’t blame the media, blame the readers. If the readers wanted to see the stories about the war, they should’ve been clicking on those stories. But the sad truth is that’s not the case. The people wanted to read about Tiger and that’s why the stories have been on the front page. Plain and simple.

There’s too much emphasis on “blame the media” when it should be “blame the readers” who are driving the content.
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I do not think Tiger should not be in the tabloids, it is a very tabloid worthy story. I also do not disagree that there shouldn’t be some national news coverage, it sells papers. I just disagree of the importance it was given in the national media.

First of all, when famous people screw it it’s news. Always has been, always will be. Second, you’re just wrong about the media not covering Iraq and Afghanistan during this time. I work for a newspaper and I read a ton of coverage (all of it deserved) about President Obama’s decision to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan by 30,000. My paper in and of itself (despite being a mid-size 50,000 circ daily) publishes an updated number of U.S. military casualties twice a week. And I personally wrote a story about local people who have or have lost family and friends serving overseas.

So your claims that the media has somehow ignored the war are blatantly incorrect.

My draw to the Tiger story is due to the fact that he was somehow able to decline questioning from police, even with questions of possible domestic violence swirling. It’s a matter of fairness at that point. Would you and I have the opportunity to simply wave off a police investigation? No way. Yet Tiger got away with it. And the other issue is his empty pleas for privacy and his rebuke of the media. Did he want privacy when he was gracing the covers of all the magazines or raking in the endorsement money from Buick, Nike, Gillette, etc? I think it’s incredibly hypocritical that he uses the “evil” and “irresponsible” media to help lift himself up to fame and fortune, yet he lambasts them when they search for answers instead of sucking from Tiger’s power teat.

Tiger deserves all the tabloid headlines and criticism thrown his way in this instance, and to feel sorry for anyone but the children and his wife in this situation is a travesty.

As for Tiger – I hope there are no injuries that are going to affect his game. Beyond that, there is no aspect of his life that’s any of MY business.
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