Posts Tagged ‘Tiger Woods’

Michael, Tiger and Ed

Posted by Craig Bosley | Filed under Media, Society | May 3, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Do you recognize these men? I suspect you know two of them. Michael is Michael Jackson, his death garnering more media attention than President Reagan’s funeral. Tiger is Tiger Woods, his philandering capturing near continuous media attention with each new girlfriend revealed.  Read more...

What is public and what is private?

Posted by Craig Bosley | Filed under Democracy/Government, Media, Morality/Values, Society | Dec 5, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Does the public have a right to know everything?  Does freedom of the press have any limits?  Is anything private?  Is everything fair game?  How might Tiger Woods answer these questions?   “Yes, no, no, yes.”  Moreover, these questions have little to do with any claimed right to privacy, and all to do with the Constitution.   Read more...

Was comment about Tiger Woods racist?

Posted by Craig Bosley | Filed under Society | Feb 11, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Last month during a golf tournament, anchor Kelly Tilghman was joking with her co-host that young golfers have no chance of winning because Tiger Woods is just too good.  Her co-host said, “To take Tiger on, maybe (the young players) should just gang up for a while.”  To which she responded their only chance would be to “lynch him in a back alley.”  Read more...