for shame-mongering, if you ask me.
I'm talking to you, CNN. This news brief after Wood's recent car accident by the Goliath broadcaster seems like it's missing some pertinent logic and inclusive of just the right hook to get the tabloid hounds salivating.
According to the news brief, Wood's wife smashed in the golf star's rear car window so she could help him get out after he ran into a fire hydrant and a tree in succession. Questionable, yes? Was that a proven fact at the time the brief was published? Uh uh.
There are many a broadcast news writer that will tell you there was enough reported to presume as news.
But Tiger Woods is not a candidate for office, he is a sports celebrity whose character was questioned. Maybe he just didn't deserve all of those celebrity endorsements, I suppose.
But assuming the right to judge before proven guilty is a little more offensive in my book than the star of "Gossip Girl" pretending like she's a deranged Swede.
According to the news brief, Wood's wife smashed in the golf star's rear car window so she could help him get out after he ran into a fire hydrant and a tree in succession. Questionable, yes? Was that a proven fact at the time the brief was published? Uh uh.
There are many a broadcast news writer that will tell you there was enough reported to presume as news.
But Tiger Woods is not a candidate for office, he is a sports celebrity whose character was questioned. Maybe he just didn't deserve all of those celebrity endorsements, I suppose.
But assuming the right to judge before proven guilty is a little more offensive in my book than the star of "Gossip Girl" pretending like she's a deranged Swede.
SNL skit on Tiger Woods featuring guest Blake Lively posted below:
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