Should Mainstream News Outlets Report Tabloids Claim That Tiger Woods Had An Affair?
Should Mainstream News Outlets Report Tabloid’s Claim That Tiger Woods Had An Affair? Monday November 30, 2009#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) A supermarket tabloid story claiming that golfing great Tiger Woods had cheated on his wife has put the mainstream media in a tricky spot. Normally, mainstream news orgs steer clear of the kind of celebrity scandal stories served up by the likes of the National Enquirer, which reported last week that Woods was having an affair with New York night club hostess Rachel Uchitel. Then, just days later, came Woods’ SUV crash outside his Florida home, when he ran over a fire hydrant and smashed into a tree in a neighbor’s yard. Early news reports about the incident raised more questions than they answered: Where was Woods going at 2:30 a.m? How did he crash just pulling out of his own driveway? And did his wife, Eli
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) A supermarket tabloid story claiming that golfing great Tiger Woods had cheated on his wife has put the mainstream media in a tricky spot. Normally, mainstream news orgs steer clear of the kind of celebrity scandal stories served up by the likes of the National Enquirer, which reported last week that Woods was having an affair with New York night club hostess Rachel Uchitel. Then, just days later, came Woods’ SUV crash outside his Florida home, when he ran over a fire hydrant and smashed into a tree in a neighbor’s yard. Early news reports about the incident raised more questions than they answered: Where was Woods going at 2:30 a.m? How did he crash just pulling out of his own driveway? And did his wife, Elin Nordegren Woods, really smash the SUV’s rear window in an effort to save him, as Woods has claimed? Friday’s
