The hunt is on.
The hunt, that is, by the TV networks as they compete to be first to land an interview with scandal-plagued golf great Tiger Woods.
As NPR's David Folkenflik reported today on Morning Edition, "the confessional interview has become an almost unavoidable ritual for disgraced figures who seek to emerge once again in public":
And there's no bigger "get" right now than Tiger, who has admitted to "infidelity" and has been the center of a tabloid storm for more than three weeks now.
Whenever stories such as this come along, there are those in the news media and in the public who decry the coverage and say they won't watch any more of it — and then millions tune in when the subject of controversy finally speaks.
So, we wonder what you'll do:
(We'll keep the question open until Wednesday morning.)
Meanwhile, watch-maker Tag Heuer says it is not cutting ties with Tiger. But it will "downscale the use of his image in certain markets for a period of time, depending on his decision about returning to professional golf."
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