Finally Tiger Woods exerciseded some control over this madcap situation that he is in. In a move that George W. Bush would be proud of, he controlled access to his reading of a prepared statement as though an unapproved media person would assassinate him (or his character) if allowed in. Or maybe Woods was scared that news outlets would send their prettiest reporter and his vicious cycle of infidelity would start all over again.
"I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated," said Woods yesterday.
Flag on the play; redundant statement.
The hours-long analysis of Woods' 13 minute statement was mind-numbing, with an endless stream of image consultants reviewing Tiger's statement as if it was game film.
And then the withered porn star, Joslyn James, did not miss out on a chance to some attention. Holding a press conference of her own, poor Ms. James did a better job of faking oncoming tears than Woods.
"Tiger pursued me and over time I fell in love with him," said James. "And he told me that he loved me too."
Yeah, because that's original. For the record, Miss James is creepy.
What a great touch by the people who staged this debacle, having the main camera shoot Woods with his mother right in the background. Who can hate a mamma's boy?
The media outlets that are covered in the cable plan on the D-train, covered this "event" with amazing zeal and detail. Well not really, but they gave effort which is more than we can say for their usual news gathering techniques.
Woods could have skipped that awkward "press-conference" and appeared more sincere by doing what so many folks had opined that he should do... Oprah.
Author James Frey of "A Million Little Pieces" is a walking testimonial of the benefits of presenting oneself at Oprah's feet and owning up to sins. If Oprah forgives, a sizable part of the population forgives. All Woods would have had to do after that is win The Masters later this year and he would have been back on top like nothing ever happened.
It's hard to envision all of this interest if Woods played football or basketball.
Little fun fact: Tiger Woods and his trysts landed him on the front page of the New York Post for 17 consecutive weeks back when this started. Only one event was on the cover of The Post longer, and that was 19 weeks. By the way that event was 911. A little hard to compare the two, although they got almost equal news coverage.
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