Okay- the golfer left his mansion around 2:30 am on Thanksgiving and crashed his Cadillac not far from his own driveway.
Only a fire hydrant and a tree really suffer- with TW winning a couple of bloody lips.
WTF is up with all this news media coverage?
Don't we have 1000 other- more important stories to cover?
The effectiveness of this sort of "news" coverage can be demonstrated by ratings.
Locally- there was a time as recent as the 1980's when the most-watched TV news station in town would get 30-shares on their 10 pm show. The least-watched local newscast would still garner double-digit shares.
Now the winner cheers a 12-share with the underdog in the mid single-digits. Nationally- just as bad a dip.
Most (>90%) of us don't give a DAMN where Tiger Woods was going at 2:30 am on Thanksgiving and that should be left to tabloid TV.
I take it the cops who responded to the crash scene tested Woods for DUI and found nothing based on media reports.
Continued coverage has the un-funny comedy of a media circus.
How about the American news media start a new trend by reporting a story- the facts as you know them and move on.
There is LOTS more going on out here than you'd even have time to cover even if you did (between all the ads).
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