I wasn't planning on commenting on the Tiger Woods debacle - till I found a Chinese news channel which in the absence of hard evidence had reconstructed the fracas at Chateau Woods and the failed get away. One of the most unpleasant aspects of journalism is the way news agencies store up stories they haven't the evidence and the budget to fight in court. And then when the celebrity in question has shall we say a spot of bother - they throw all this bottom drawer content out at once because a) it sells papers and b) the celebrity in question has quite enough on their plate sorting out the immediate problem without trying to go to law to refute all the allegations. Which seems to be what has happened to Tiger. I'm not saying that all the stories are without foundation. Merely that we cannot assume that they are all true. But the feeding frenzy is good for circulation so any woman willing to make allegations can enjoy some income while the hooha lasts.
This reconstruction appealed to me because you consider the number of exposures Tiger has had as a super brand - his hours of exposure on video games must have long passed his ratings on TV. So he's particularly vulnerable to reconstructions which take his anime persona. And I doubt he has any legal protection against this kind of thing. What it is to be an animation celebrity as well as a real one.
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