Questions about Tiger Woods’ car accident

By now, you’ve probably heard about Tiger Woods single-car accident. Woods has issued a short press release, but has otherwise been silent. This leaves a lot of unanswered questions, such as:

1. Where was Tiger Woods going at 2am in the morning?

2. Did his wife, Elin Nordegren, cause his injuries?

3. Is Tiger Woods Woods cheating on his wife?

4. Was he using prescription pain-killers at the time of the accident?

5. Police have made 3 visits to his house to question him, but haven’t yet. Is he hiding something?

And the most important question…Is it really any of our business?

Tiger Woods is a golfer. If you’re a golf fan and he injures himself, it’s your business, since you follow that sport and his injury would affect your hobby. As far as his marriage, where he’s going, and how he received cuts on his face, it’s none of our business.

I first found out about the accident on Drudge Report. Since the original article, which I found to be newsworthy, the site has placed Tiger Woods articles near the top of the page with bold headlines. Not only were important topics placed at a lower point on the page, but other important news stories were completely ignored. A terrorist attack on a Russian train killed 25 and injured many more, yet there was no mention of it on Drudge Report.

Drudge Report was singled out for this example, but they are far from the only ones. The typical person seems to have a certain ignorance about the news that is compounded by the “tabloidization” of legitimate news sources. It’s just another way in which the collective I.Q. is being eroded.

By the way, if you are a TIger Woods fan, here is his press release. It’s what he cares to share, free of all the media speculation and media headlines.

As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore.

This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.

This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.

The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false.

This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received. But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.

Now, as a reward for finishing this post, I leave you with some pictures of Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren.

Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren

Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren

Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren

Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren