Tabloid Sports Writers Resent Tiger Woods’ Muzzling Them From Speaking of Moral Evils at His Press Conference Today

Citing those lofty prinicples of American journalism, the Golf Writers Association of America stated that the ground rules for Tiger Woods’ scheduled press conference today were unacceptable to them, and they then elected to boycott the event.  GWAA President Vatan Kupelian said, “To limit the ability of journalists to attend, listen, see and question Woods goes against the grain of everything we believe.”

Bullshit! 

Well, at least sports journalist Jason Whitlock publicly offered an honest assessment and good advice to Tiger Woods, saying why he should just retire and walk away from golf:

“Tiger, you’re now trapped inside the belly of the beast. Capitalism has perverted journalism to the point that fairness, accuracy and privacy are all irrelevant. Bloggers and media corporations working in conjunction with porn stars, strippers and undiscovered reality TV hos can all make money exploiting your personal life.”

Here is the hard truth.  Journalists, whether they work for the infotainment industry or the mainstream media, are not just interested in reporting the news anymore.  They are often not even so much interested in the truth.  Now they want to make the news – as in create the story and be part of the story.  That’s how careers and money are made in this business in today’s environment. 

Given that reality, Tiger will forever be hounded, stalked, and gossiped about.  The media will make news out of the fact he was in the bathroom for longer than five minutes.  Truth will no longer be relevant (like it ever has been?).  What every little paid bimbo says will become today’s big news story. 

Walk away Tiger, before your family gets hurt anymore.  Just turn, and walk away.  It ain’t worth it.  You would have broken Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major wins .  You are the greatest who ever played the game.  There is nothing more worth proving – at least not at any cost.  Forget about it.  Vanish like my favorite athlete, Barry Sanders.  He would have destroyed every rushing record in the NFL.  Now he is the penultimate “What IF” NFL running legend?  Go be happy, Tiger.  They will talk about you for awhile – at least until you are way past your prime.  But your true fans will miss you forever – and we will forgive you, if you earn that forgiveness.  You have made a lifetime of extraordianary shots in your career.  And you have done so much good, as well.  You will never be forgotten.

Oh, and for the benefit of you media people, I have taken the liberty of writing the essence of the Tiger Woods sex scandal story in perfect Ernest Hemingway journalistic style:

“Tiger is a slut.  You all are whores.”

End of story . . . and I will take a slut over a whore any time.

UPDATE to post [2-23-10]:  Let me take a guess at the argument for today’s “journalistic behavior” . . . Tiger brought this all on his family.  You self-rationalizing whores are unconscionable!