Tiger Woods – A Caged Tiger: State Of The Union And Reactions
Tiger Woods Guide To Post Scandal Press Conferences - [How-To]
Did he learn anything? Let’s see:
REACTIONS
Buddhism Announces That It Has Dropped Tiger Woods - [Sean Pendergast - Game Time] or [@SeanCablinasian] Side Note: Always a good read. Funny dude!
If we can sift through the 15 minutes where time stood still in sports bars around the country, if we can somehow ignore all of the “hostage crisis”-level coverage this is getting on CNN, ESPN, and the Oxygen Network, then we can all step back and see this for what it is — one guy (a billionaire athlete, granted, but still…) who cheated multiple times on his wife (a blonde Swedish knockout, granted, but still….) and got caught.
Will It Work? [Deadspin]
Tiger’s prepared statement alternated between contrite, defiant, angry, rambling and occasionally creepy.
Richard Justice of Houston Chroncile [Sports Justice]
Tiger Woods seemed to be speaking from the heart, from deep within his heart, from a place some of us doubted he was capable of going.
Cops and teachers ought to be our role models, not some genetic freak with a golf club in his hand. For God’s sake, raise your standards.
Media commentators render quick verdicts on Tiger Woods’ apology [LA Times]
“I like @chucktodd’s idea that there should be a rebuttal to Tiger’s statement,” ABC Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper tweeted. “Ladies?
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“This was a public relations disaster,” media crisis expert Rick Cerrone said on CNN, noting that the golfer’s simmering anger at the media was all-too apparent. “This will be shown in colleges in future of how not to conduct a press conference.”
“He did exactly what he was supposed to do,” marketing expert Peter Shankman told Fox News anchor Jamie Colby. “It was scripted perfectly. He shut it down. He will disappear for a couple of months. He’ll go back to a game. Life will go on. The advertisers will be happy.”
“I think he was sincere,” NBC Sports interviewer Jimmy Roberts told Matt Lauer, who anchored the network’s coverage from Vancouver, Canada. “I do think there are questions that people still have.”
“Tiger’s apology included some of the worst acting since Ishtar,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tweeted.
Mark Knoller, White House correspondent for CBS News, tweeted: “Cant believe the major networks are providing live coverage of Tiger Woods’ statement.”
ESPN – Jeremy Schapp
Will Update as more come in. Stay tuned..
Tale of the tape [poll]
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