Saturday, April 10, 2010
Tiger Stirring Up Quite A Roar
The article this week is from Yahoo Sports concerning Mr. Woods. Tiger has been in the news a lot lately since choosing to make his first return to Golf at this year's Masters, the biggest tournament within the PGA. People felt that it was sort of a insult to the other competitors that Woods is still considered to be the fan favorite at this year's tournament, but that is to be expected when dealing with Woods, arguably the best golfer ever. The new "news" concerning Tiger however is not about his performance at the masters, rather his lingo concerning his performance. The article notes that in Tiger's public apology back in February, he said that he would be more cautious about his actions on the course and that meant no more fist-pumping after big shots and no more profanity after missing those big shots, which seems to not be the case at this year's tournament. Tiger just can't seem to control his emotions on the course, and that should be expected of any great athlete who has a passion for the sport. Tiger is "reportedly" caught live on CBS microphones saying, "Tiger Woods, you suck" via (Yahoo Sports). This is pretty odd to me seeing as he is referring to himself in second person. I know Tiger's being through some hard times as of late and he's lost a lot of sponsorships, but I don't think he's lost his mind. At any rate, this article clearly shows that the media is making this news. By all standards of what makes things newsworthy, Tiger's story doesn't make the cut. This is not a major concern of the mainstream public. Although it does meet the characteristic of being timely, it is more sensationalized than anything. This is the news media acting as drama-seekers rather than just being "objective" which is never true of any news media. They are making this news, it is not a main concern of the public, it's more of gossip talk. Just another way to keep Tiger under close scrutiny. The media is waiting for him to mess up just a bit so that they can begin to attack again like a wild pack of wolves. My suggestion to Tiger would be to make sure he uses the crosswalk when walking the streets because they are waiting for any slip up to start another roar about the Tiger.
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I totally agree. I saw this article today on Yahoo! News and I was thinking to myself, “WTF! This isn’t news!” This is also an example of pack journalism; this same story can be found on silive.com, forbes.com, and even YouTube.com. The media is milking any and every Tiger Woods story for everything they can right now just because of his scandal. Now his scandal may have been more of a “real news” story because it was more interesting to the mainstream public (I hate sports, but I still loved reading about his scandal). However, I doubt that anyone cares about if he breaks a few commandments while losing at his favorite game, especially after all the stress he has been under.
ReplyDeleteWell let’s be serious! Of course the media is waiting for Tiger to mess up again. I mean it seems to be a routine in the media these days that once someone messes up, they are bound to mess up again. The news number one goal is to create drama, and that is exactly what they are doing with Tiger. I honestly don’t believe Tiger playing in the masters last week was the best idea. I knew the media would be all over him, and try to even run him out of the game. But of course Tiger didn’t let it get the best of him. If anything, this week Tiger should of definitely kept his emotions to himself. He had to know that if he was going to freak out on the golf course, then the media was going to say everything and anything about it. I would one hundred percent say the media was acting as a drama-seeker, but why shouldn’t they? It was his first public appearance out on the golf course so he couldn’t of expected any less.
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